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To link against a shared object library (.so) using -l<libraryname>:
1. Install the library to /usr/local/lib:

	$ sudo make install

To run an executable that was built against the shared object library (.so):
1. Set the library path to /usr/local/lib before running the executable
   example: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

To list the dependencies of an object file or binary:
example: ldd main

To view a list of exported symbols from an object file or library:
example: nm -D libcp210xmanufacturing.so.1.0
example (paginate displayed results): nm -D libcp210xmanufacturing.so.1.0 | less