diff -ur c08.00/source/Makefile c08.00.new/source/Makefile
--- c08.00/source/Makefile	2008-08-18 13:05:17.000000000 +0200
+++ c08.00.new/source/Makefile	2010-04-02 00:59:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # you need g++ or pathCC to create Makefile.dep (set with CXXDEPEND)
 # but after that you can use any compiler you want (set with CXX)
 
-OPT = -O3 -ftrapping-math -fno-math-errno
-CXX = g++
-CXXFLAGS = -ansi ${OPT} -Wall -g
-LDFLAGS = ${OPT} -Wall -g
-LDLIBS=
+#OPT = -O3 -ftrapping-math -fno-math-errno
+#CXX = g++
+#CXXFLAGS = -ansi ${OPT} -Wall -g
+#LDFLAGS = ${OPT} -Wall -g
+#LDLIBS=
 SRCDIR=.
 
 main := maincl.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 libsource := ${filter-out ${main},${source}}
 includes := ${notdir ${wildcard ${SRCDIR}/*.h}}
 objects := ${source:.cpp=.o}
-libobjects := ${libsource:.cpp=.o}
+libobjects := ${libsource:.cpp=.lo}
 
 # include a configuration file if one exists (or carry on without
 # worrying if it doesn't)
@@ -81,18 +81,22 @@
 	LDLIBS += -L${CLOUDY_LAPACK_PATH}/lib -llapack
 endif
 
-cloudy.exe : ${preobjects} maincl.o libcloudy.a
+cloudy.exe : ${preobjects} maincl.o libcloudy.so
 	${CXX} ${LDFLAGS} -o cloudy.exe maincl.o -L. -lcloudy ${LDLIBS}
 
 libcloudy.a: ${libobjects}
 	ar ru libcloudy.a ${libobjects}
 	${RANLIB} libcloudy.a
 
+libcloudy.so: ${libobjects}
+	${CXX} -shared -o libcloudy.so.0 -Wl,-soname,libcloudy.so.0 ${libobjects} ${LDFLAGS}
+	ln -s libcloudy.so.0 libcloudy.so
+
 clean :
 	rm -f *.o
 	rm -f *.h.gch
 	rm -rf SunWS_cache
-	rm -f libcloudy.a
+	rm -f libcloudy.*
 	rm -f cloudy.exe
 
 distclean :
@@ -121,6 +125,8 @@
 %.h.gch: %.h
 	${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} -o $@ $<
 
+%.lo: %.cpp
+	${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o $@ $<
 # only include Makefile.dep when we really need it, this prevents unnecessary builds of Makefile.dep
 ifneq (${DEP_GOALS},)
 -include Makefile.dep