Loading a linux dynamic library (.so) in C# on Windows

Question

I am using swig to generate a C# wrapper to my code. But then I also need to link the dynamic library, which is a Linux .so file. Is it possible to do this from C#?

Thanks

Edit: using a .so file on Windows.

Answer 1

There is no direct way to do this. You need to create a native Windows version of all your native code (the so itself, plus all dependencies).

Other options include writing all your code on Linux, if possible, including the C# portion (using Mono). Or creating some sort of client/server setup, where your native code remains on Linux (as a server application) and your C# code goes on the Windows-client. If that is a viable solution for you is hard to tell without further details.

Answer 2

This Post seems to have some answers for Linux, are you trying to do this in Windows?

Answer 3

It's more than likely that your shared library will have been compiled to use linux command calls.

The only possible way to use linux .so files in a "windows" app would be to compile it (your app) using cygwin, but that way would make your windows app a posix app which means it would have to fire cygwin up everytime it runs.