--- ./test/ann_test.cpp.orig	2009-01-06 10:58:37.000000000 -0800
+++ ./test/ann_test.cpp	2009-01-06 10:59:11.000000000 -0800
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <ctime>						// clock
 #include <cmath>						// math routines
 #include <string>						// C string ops
+#include <string.h>
 #include <fstream>						// file I/O
 
 #include <ANN/ANN.h>					// ANN declarations
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void Error(								// error routine
-	char				*msg,			// error message
+	const char			*msg,			// error message
 	ANNerr				level)			// abort afterwards
 {
 	if (level == ANNabort) {
--- ./Makefile.orig	2009-01-06 11:03:59.000000000 -0800
+++ ./Makefile	2009-01-06 11:04:29.000000000 -0800
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 default:
 	@echo "Enter one of the following:"
 	@echo "  make linux-g++            for Linux and g++"
+	@echo "  make linux-shared-g++     for Linux and g++ (shared)"
 	@echo "  make macosx-g++           for Mac OS X and g++"
 	@echo "  make sunos5               for Sun with SunOS 5.x"
 	@echo "  make sunos5-sl            for Sun with SunOS 5.x, make shared libs"
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # main make entry point
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-alpha-g++ macosx-g++ linux-g++ sgi sunos4 sunos4-g++ sunos5 sunos5-g++ sunos5-g++-sl authors-debug authors-perf:
+alpha-g++ macosx-g++ linux-g++ linux-shared-g++ sgi sunos4 sunos4-g++ sunos5 sunos5-g++ sunos5-g++-sl authors-debug authors-perf:
 	cd src ; $(MAKE) $@
 	cd test ; $(MAKE) $@
 	cd sample ; $(MAKE) $@
--- ./src/kd_dump.cpp.orig	2009-01-06 10:56:58.000000000 -0800
+++ ./src/kd_dump.cpp	2009-01-06 10:57:29.000000000 -0800
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 // desired.)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "kd_tree.h"					// kd-tree declarations
 #include "bd_tree.h"					// bd-tree declarations
 
--- ./src/perf.cpp.orig	2009-01-06 10:57:54.000000000 -0800
+++ ./src/perf.cpp	2009-01-06 10:57:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 }
 
 										// print a single statistic
-void print_one_stat(char *title, ANNsampStat s, double div)
+void print_one_stat(const char *title, ANNsampStat s, double div)
 {
 	cout << title << "= [ ";
 	cout.width(9); cout << s.mean()/div			<< " : ";
--- ./src/ANN.cpp.orig	2009-01-06 10:55:10.000000000 -0800
+++ ./src/ANN.cpp	2009-01-06 11:00:32.000000000 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 //		Added performance counting to annDist()
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ANN/ANNx.h>					// all ANN includes
 #include <ANN/ANNperf.h>				// ANN performance 
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@
 //	Error handler
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void annError(char *msg, ANNerr level)
+void annError(const char *msg, ANNerr level)
 {
 	if (level == ANNabort) {
 		cerr << "ANN: ERROR------->" << msg << "<-------------ERROR\n";
--- ./ann2fig/ann2fig.cpp.orig	2009-01-06 11:01:08.000000000 -0800
+++ ./ann2fig/ann2fig.cpp	2009-01-06 11:01:35.000000000 -0800
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 //	arguments.
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <cstdio>						// C standard I/O
 #include <fstream>						// file I/O
 #include <string>						// string manipulation
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@
 //	Error handler
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void Error(char *msg, ANNerr level)
+void Error(const char *msg, ANNerr level)
 {
 	if (level == ANNabort) {
 		cerr << "ann2fig: ERROR------->" << msg << "<-------------ERROR\n";
--- ./include/ANN/ANNx.h.orig	2009-01-06 10:56:33.000000000 -0800
+++ ./include/ANN/ANNx.h	2009-01-06 10:56:40.000000000 -0800
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void annError(					// ANN error routine
-	char			*msg,		// error message
+	const char		*msg,		// error message
 	ANNerr			level);		// level of error
 
 void annPrintPt(				// print a point
--- ./Make-config.orig	2009-01-06 11:02:38.000000000 -0800
+++ ./Make-config	2009-01-06 11:04:36.000000000 -0800
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@
 	"MAKELIB = ar ruv" \
 	"RANLIB = true"
 
+#					Linux using g++ shared
+linux-shared-g++:
+	$(MAKE) targets \
+	"ANNLIB = libANN.so" \
+	"C++ = g++" \
+	"CFLAGS = -O3" \
+	"MAKELIB = g++ -shared -o" \
+	"RANLIB = true"
+
 #					Mac OS X using g++
 macosx-g++:
 	$(MAKE) targets \
--- include/ANN/ANN.h.orig	2009-01-06 11:37:22.000000000 -0800
+++ include/ANN/ANN.h	2009-01-06 11:38:19.000000000 -0800
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 //		not occur in distance calculation.
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-typedef double	ANNcoord;				// coordinate data type
+typedef float	ANNcoord;				// coordinate data type
 typedef double	ANNdist;				// distance data type
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
--- test/rand.cpp.orig	2009-01-06 11:42:47.000000000 -0800
+++ test/rand.cpp	2009-01-06 11:45:15.000000000 -0800
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
 	ANNpointArray		pa,				// point array
 	int					n,				// number of points
 	int					dim,			// dimension
-	double				*control,		// control vector
+	ANNcoord				*control,		// control vector
 	double				std_dev)		// standard deviation
 {
 	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {				// generate each point
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@
 	ANNpointArray		pa,				// point array
 	int					n,				// number of points
 	int					dim,			// dimension
-	double				*center,		// center vector
-	double				*std_dev)		// standard deviation vector
+	ANNcoord				*center,		// center vector
+	ANNcoord				*std_dev)		// standard deviation vector
 {
 	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		for (int d = 0; d < dim; d++) {