Why does my file become a shared library instead of an executable?

Asked Jun 04 '19 at 23:30

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I'm trying to build a SPPARKS (Sandia software) executable file following the procedure detailed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1RsrPkKXU

The issue is that, my final "make" file should end up as an executable, but instead it's becoming a shared library file. Is there an easy fix for this or some simple way to run a shared library file as an executable? I would appreciate any help!

asked Jun 04 '19 at 23:30

Ebone2God

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See Impossible to launch graphic executables in nautilus and Disable PIE and PIC defaults in gcc on ubuntu 17.04?. tl;dr - use compile / build options -fno-pic and -no-pie – steeldriver Jun 04 '19 at 23:38
Thanks for the suggestions! Any chance you are familiar with the SPPARKS file I mentioned? Basically, it comes as a bunch of .cpp and .h files with a few pre-defined "makefile"s. Do you know how/where these compile/build options would be implemented? Today is my first day using linux/C++, so I'm not fully clear on how to use those options. – Ebone2God Jun 04 '19 at 23:48
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FWIW the executable is probably not actually becoming a shared library file - just that some tools (notably the nautilus file manager) misidentify it as such – steeldriver Jun 04 '19 at 23:58

Why does my file become a shared library instead of an executable?

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