What's the difference between .so, .la and .a library files?

What's the difference between .so, .la and .a library files?

linux shared-libraries static-libraries ld

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How to print the ld(linker) search path

linux gcc linker ld

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What is the difference between -I and -L in makefile?

linux makefile linker ld

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Architecture of i386 input file is incompatible with i386:x86-64

linux ld i386

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Linking against older symbol version in a .so file

c linux gcc linker ld

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Why do I have to define LD_LIBRARY_PATH with an export every time I run my application?

c linux gcc shared-libraries ld

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Linker performance related to swap space?

c linux gcc swap ld

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Resolving circular dependencies by linking the same library twice?

c++ linux linker ld circular-dependency

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How can I force linking with a static library when a shared library of same name is present

linux gcc g++ ld

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What is global _start in assembly language?

linux assembly nasm ld

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error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.45.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

c++ linux ubuntu ld ldd

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LD_PRELOAD does not work as expected

c++ linux gcc ld ld-preload

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Create a static Haskell Linux executable

linux haskell libraries static-linking ld

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Force GNU linker to generate 32 bit ELF executables

linux assembly x86 ld elf

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g++ Optimization Flags: -fuse-linker-plugin vs -fwhole-program

c++ linux g++ x86-64 ld

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