diff -ruN ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/Makefile.in ParMGridGen-1.0/Makefile.in
--- ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/Makefile.in	2001-12-04 19:30:33.000000000 -0500
+++ ParMGridGen-1.0/Makefile.in	2010-10-31 16:18:41.000000000 -0400
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 OPTFLAGS = -O3
 
 # What options to be used by the compiler
-COPTIONS = 
+COPTIONS = -fPIC
 
 # Which loader to use
 LD = cc
@@ -33,22 +33,25 @@
 
 # In which directories to look for any additional libraries
 LIBDIR = -L../.. \
+         -L../Lib \
          -L/usr/lib32/
 
 # Set some flags
 DEBUGFLAGS =
 
 # What additional libraries to link the programs with (eg., -lmpi)
-LIBS = -lmgrid -lm
-PARLIBS = -lparmgrid -lmgrid -lmpi -lm
+LIBEXT = so
+
+LIBS = -Xlinker --add-needed -Xlinker --no-as-needed -lMGridGen -lm
+PARLIBS = -Xlinker --add-needed -Xlinker --no-as-needed -lparmgrid -lMGridGen -lmpi -lm
 
 
 # What archiving to use
-AR = ar rv
+AR = gcc -shared -o
 
 # What to use for indexing the archive
 #RANLIB = ranlib
-RANLIB = ar -ts
+RANLIB = true
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 
diff -ruN ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/MGridGen/IMlib/Makefile ParMGridGen-1.0/MGridGen/IMlib/Makefile
--- ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/MGridGen/IMlib/Makefile	2001-12-04 17:46:56.000000000 -0500
+++ ParMGridGen-1.0/MGridGen/IMlib/Makefile	2010-10-31 16:16:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .c.o:
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $*.c
 
-./libIMlib.a: $(OBJS)
+libIMlib.$(LIBEXT): $(OBJS)
 	$(AR) $@ $(OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@
 	rm -f *.o
 
 realclean:
-	rm -f *.o ; rm -f ./libIMlib.a
+	rm -f *.o ; rm -f ./libIMlib.$(LIBEXT)
diff -ruN ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/MGridGen/Lib/Makefile ParMGridGen-1.0/MGridGen/Lib/Makefile
--- ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/MGridGen/Lib/Makefile	2001-12-04 18:01:00.000000000 -0500
+++ ParMGridGen-1.0/MGridGen/Lib/Makefile	2010-10-31 16:16:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 INCLUDES = -I./ -I$(IMLIBDIR) $(INCDIR)
 CFLAGS = $(COPTIONS) $(OPTFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(INCLUDES)
 
-OBJS = coarsen.o kwayfm.o match.o merge.o mgridgen.o refine.o setup.o 
+OBJS = aratio.o coarsen.o kwayfm.o match.o merge.o mgridgen.o refine.o setup.o 
 IOBJS = blas.o dfkeysort.o dkeysort.o file.o ifkeysort.o ifloatsort.o \
        iintsort.o ikeysort.o memory.o  sort.o util.o
 IMOBJS = $(addprefix ../IMlib/, $(IOBJS)) 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .c.o:
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $*.c
 
-../../libmgrid.a: $(OBJS) $(IMOBJS)
+libMGridGen.$(LIBEXT): $(OBJS) $(IMOBJS)
 	$(AR) $@  $(OBJS) $(IMOBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
 	rm -f *.o
 
 realclean:
-	rm -f *.o ; rm -f ../../libmgrid.a
+	rm -f *.o ; rm -f ./libMGridGen.$(LIBEXT)
diff -ruN ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/MGridGen/Programs/Makefile ParMGridGen-1.0/MGridGen/Programs/Makefile
--- ParMGridGen-1.0_orig/MGridGen/Programs/Makefile	2001-12-04 18:02:26.000000000 -0500
+++ ParMGridGen-1.0/MGridGen/Programs/Makefile	2010-10-31 16:16:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include ../../Makefile.in
 
-MGRIDLIB  = ../../libmgrid.a
+MGRIDLIB  = ../Lib/libMGridGen.$(LIBEXT)
 
 ifeq ($(ddmalloc),yes)
   DEBUGFLAGS := $(DEBUGFLAGS) -DDMALLOC -DDEBUG