## Compiling libtpl.a and libtpl.so

Normally in the top-level directory you simply run:

    ./configure
    make
    make install

The rest of the document is not needed if you use this method.

## Manual compilation of static and shared library on a GNU Linux system:

First cd into the "src" directory.

### Static library

You can build the static library `libtpl.a` using these commands:

    cc -c tpl.c
    ar rc libtpl.a tpl.o
    ranlib libtpl.a

### Dynamic library

You can build the dynamic library `libtpl.so` using these commands:

    cc -fpic -c tpl.c
    cc -shared -o libtpl.so tpl.o

Keep in mind that you need to set the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable to include the directory where `libtpl.so` is installed in order for your program to run. Alternatively you can put `libtpl.so` in a standard place like `/usr/lib` and regenerate `ld.so.cache` using `ldconfig`.