How do I make an executable instead of a shared library under 18.04.1?

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When I make a Fortran executable using make under 18.04.1, a shared library is made that is executable instead of an executable. I have attached images comparing 18.04 and 18.04.1 results. How do I make an executable instead of a shared library?

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It hasn't made a shared library - it's made an executable that contains position independent code, which libmagic unfortunately misidentifies as a shared library - see this bug report PIE executables (e.g. /usr/bin/ls) are detected as application/x-sharedlib and/or this related question Impossible to launch graphic executables in nautilus — steeldriver, Sep 02 '18 at 13:47
Is it possible to change this file type to executable? It runs in a terminal window, but it currently cannot be distinguished from normal text files in a window. — Ocean Waves, Sep 02 '18 at 14:11
I guess you could revert to an older version of gfortran (that doesn't create position independent executables by default). Otherwise, it may be possible to recompile using appropriate flags - for gcc/g++ you can use -fno-pic (compile) and -no-pie (link), not sure what the equivalents are for gfortran — steeldriver, Sep 02 '18 at 14:21
When I upgraded to 18.04.1, I could not compile because a shared library was missing. I assume that gfortran was updated during the upgrade to 18.04.1. I installed the shared library to fix the missing library. — Ocean Waves, Sep 02 '18 at 14:36

digitalTrilunaire · Answer 1 · 2018-10-27T09:32:47.867

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If it can help someone. I had a similar problem. The program that I tried to compile was on an NTFS partition (shared btw windows and ubuntu). When I compile it on the NTFS partition, the output has a shared lib. I moved all my project (source code and MakeFile) on my linux partition (ext4) and I compile it again. This time the output was an exectuable file.

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answered Oct 27 '18 at 09:24

digitalTrilunaire

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Good to hear this worked for you, but without an explanation of how or why it worked, this is not really a complete answer. – Tom Brossman Oct 27 '18 at 09:29
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I am not sure why it works, but the permission system is not the same between NTFS and EXT. Maybe another person with more knowledge can explain it. – digitalTrilunaire Oct 27 '18 at 09:35

How do I make an executable instead of a shared library under 18.04.1?

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