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<h1>Compiling, Linking, and Running</h1>

<p>Any Fortran or C program must be compiled and linked with its necessary support libraries before it can be run. The commands required to do this differ greatly from system to system, but you should already be familiar with them. The following paragraphs describe some special considerations for PGPLOT programs.</p>

<p>PGPLOT programs have special requirements at run time, which are described below. In particular, if you are using a shared l