.. _chap-md_suite_fortran:

Creating and linking the MD_suite fortran library
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Creating the library from MD_suite
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For the MD_suite.f90 file inside the mdwc/MD_suite_fortran_lib directory. First create the objects by compiling using gfortran
::
	gfortran -c MD_suite.f90

This is going to create MD_suite.o

Then use the ar command to create a library named libMD_suite.a
::
	ar crv libMD_suite.a MD_suite.o

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Link the library to an external program
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To use libMD_suite.a in a external fortran program called main.f90 use
::
	gfortran main.f90 -L<path to library> -l<library name> -o main

In our case
::
	gfortran main.f90 -Lmdwc/MD_suite_fortran_lib -lMD_suite -o main

Note that the name of the library is MD_suite despite being called  libMD_suite.a since lib is just a suffix.