commit 5c4d16beb8e3c92b5604dcc506cdcfa281590619
Author: Ahmed Siam <aahs.coder@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jun 17 14:09:08 2023 +0300

    make shared library

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1c7a76..1f50564 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@ Makefile.in
 /src/test
 .vscode
 stamp-h1
-/build
\ No newline at end of file
+/build
+ar-lib
+/m4
+/src/.libs
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 72f45d5..3d9abca 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=-I m4
+
 export LOCALES_DIR=$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)
 export LOCALES_DATA=$(LOCALES_DIR)/locales.dat
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 257e4db..a82f627 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 AC_INIT([icuformat], [1.0], [none])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
+AM_PROG_AR
+LT_INIT
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
  Makefile
  src/Makefile
  locales/Makefile
 ])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ICU, [icu-i18n, icu-io, icu-uc], CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $ICU_CFLAGS"; LIBS="$LIBS $ICU_LIBS")
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d420f28..5479ae2 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = icuformat
-icuformat_SOURCES = icuformat.cpp i18n.cpp
+icuformat_SOURCES = icuformat.cpp
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libi18n.la
+libi18n_la_SOURCES= i18n.cpp
+
+icuformat_LDADD = libi18n.la
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DLOCALES_DATA='"$(LOCALES_DATA)"'