[R-pkg-devel] How does one install a libtool generated libfoo.so.1 file into ./libs/?

[Vladimir Dergachev]

The simplest thing to try is to compile the library statically and link it 
into your package. No extra files - no trouble.

You can also try renaming the file from *.so.1 to *.so.

best

Vladimir Dergachev