In general, importing a dynamic library does not require any special linker options or linking with import libraries. This also implies that no devel packages need to be installed.

At runtime the dynamic library is searched for (in this order):

Note: Patterns like libtcl(|8.5|8.4).so are only supported in constant strings, because they are precompiled.

Note: A dynlib import can be overridden with the --dynlibOverride:name command line option. The Compiler User Guide contains further information.