diff -Naur make/linux/Makefile.org make/linux/Makefile
--- make/linux/Makefile.org	2005-02-06 19:12:08.000000000 +0100
+++ make/linux/Makefile	2005-02-10 10:16:59.317212360 +0100
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 
 # Names
 LIBRARY=libmatroska.a
+LIBRARY_SO=libmatroska.so
+LIBRARY_SO_VER=libmatroska.so.0
 
 # source-files
 sources:=$(wildcard ${SRC_DIR}*$(EXTENSION))
@@ -66,27 +68,38 @@
 # object files; replace .cxx extension with .o
 objects:=$(patsubst %$(EXTENSION),%.o,$(sources))
 
+objects_so:=$(patsubst %$(EXTENSION),%.lo,$(sources))
+
 WARNINGFLAGS=-Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -ansi -fno-gnu-keywords -D_GNU_SOURCE \
 		-Wshadow
 COMPILEFLAGS=$(DEBUGFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(WARNINGFLAGS) $(INCLUDE)
 LINKFLAGS=-L. -L$(LIBEBML_LIB_DIR) $(LDFLAGS)
 DEPENDFLAGS  = $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDE)
 
-all: $(LIBRARY)
+all: $(LIBRARY) $(LIBRARY_SO)
 
-lib library: $(LIBRARY)
+lib library: $(LIBRARY) $(LIBRARY_SO)
 
 # Build rules
 %.o: %$(EXTENSION)
 	$(CXX) -c $(COMPILEFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
+%.lo: %$(EXTENSION)
+	$(CXX) -c $(COMPILEFLAGS) -fPIC -o $@ $<
+
 $(LIBRARY): $(objects)
 	$(AR) $@ $(objects)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
+$(LIBRARY_SO): $(objects_so)
+	$(CXX) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIBRARY_SO_VER) -o $(LIBRARY_SO_VER) $(objects_so) -lebml
+	ln -s $(LIBRARY_SO_VER) $(LIBRARY_SO)
+
 clean:	cleantest
 	rm -f $(objects)
 	rm -f $(LIBRARY)
+	rm -f $(LIBRARY_SO)
+	rm -f $(LIBRARY_SO_VER)
 	rm -f CORE
 
 cleantest:
@@ -107,27 +120,29 @@
 
 test: test6 test9
 
-test6:	test6.o $(LIBRARY)
+test6:	test6.o $(LIBRARY) $(LIBRARY_SO)
 	$(LD) -o $@ $(LINKFLAGS) $< $(MUX_LIBS)
 
 test6.o: $(MUX_SRC_DIR)test6.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(COMPILEFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-test8:	test8.o $(LIBRARY)
+test8:	test8.o $(LIBRARY) $(LIBRARY_SO)
 	$(LD) -o $@ $(LINKFLAGS) $< $(MUX_LIBS)
 
 test8.o: $(MUX_SRC_DIR)test8.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(COMPILEFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-test9:	test9.o $(LIBRARY)
+test9:	test9.o $(LIBRARY) $(LIBRARY_SO)
 	$(LD) -o $@ $(LINKFLAGS) $< $(MUX_LIBS)
 
 test9.o: $(TAG_SRC_DIR)test9.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(COMPILEFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-install: $(LIBRARY)
+install: $(LIBRARY) $(LIBRARY_SO)
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_DIR_OPTS) -d $(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OPTS_LIB) $(LIBRARY) $(libdir)
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OPTS_LIB) $(LIBRARY_SO_VER) $(libdir)
+	ln -s $(LIBRARY_SO_VER) $(libdir)/$(LIBRARY_SO)
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_DIR_OPTS) -d $(includedir)
 	for i in $(INCLUDE_DIR)/*.h; do \
 		$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OPTS) $$i $(includedir) ; \