Based on https://github.com/nayuki/QR-Code-generator/pull/72
--- cpp/Makefile.orig	2023-01-16 09:17:10 UTC
+++ cpp/Makefile
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
 # - CXXFLAGS: Any extra user-specified compiler flags (can be blank).
 
 # Recommended compiler flags:
-CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11 -O
+CXXFLAGS ?= -std=c++11 -O
 
 # Extra flags for diagnostics:
 # CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wconversion -Wsign-conversion -fsanitize=undefined,address
 
-
+# Version information
+VERSION = %%VERSION%%
+ 
 # ---- Controlling make ----
 
 # Clear default suffix rules
@@ -51,29 +53,59 @@ CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11 -O
 # ---- Targets to build ----
 
 LIB = qrcodegencpp
-LIBFILE = lib$(LIB).a
+ARFILE = lib$(LIB).a
+LIBFILE = lib$(LIB).so
+# Bump the soname number when the ABI changes and gets incompatible
+SO_NAME = $(LIBFILE).1
+REAL_NAME = $(LIBFILE).$(VERSION)
+HEADERS = qrcodegen.hpp
 LIBOBJ = qrcodegen.o
 MAINS = QrCodeGeneratorDemo
 
+# define paths to install
+INCLUDEDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr/include/qrcodegen
+LIBDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib
+
 # Build all binaries
-all: $(LIBFILE) $(MAINS)
+all: $(LIBFILE) $(ARFILE) $(MAINS)
 
 # Delete build output
 clean:
-	rm -f -- $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBFILE) $(MAINS:=.o) $(MAINS)
+	rm -f -- $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBFILE) $(ARFILE) $(MAINS:=.o) $(MAINS)
 	rm -rf .deps
 
+install-shared: $(LIBFILE)
+	install -d $(LIBDIR) || true
+	install -m 0644 $(LIBFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(REAL_NAME)
+	rm -f $(LIBDIR)/$(SO_NAME)
+	ln -s $(REAL_NAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(SO_NAME)
+	rm -f $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBFILE)
+	ln -s $(SO_NAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBFILE)
+
+install-static: $(ARFILE)
+	install -d $(LIBDIR) || true
+	install -m 0644 $(ARFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(ARFILE)
+
+install-header: $(HEADERS)
+	install -d $(INCLUDEDIR) || true
+	install -m 0644 $(HEADERS) $(INCLUDEDIR)/
+
+install: install-shared install-static install-header
+
 # Executable files
 %: %.o $(LIBFILE)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< -L . -l $(LIB)
 
 # The library
-$(LIBFILE): $(LIBOBJ)
+$(ARFILE): $(LIBOBJ)
 	$(AR) -crs $@ -- $^
 
+$(LIBFILE): $(LIBOBJ)
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SO_NAME) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
 # Object files
 %.o: %.cpp .deps/timestamp
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ -MMD -MF .deps/$*.d $<
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -fPIC -c -o $@ -MMD -MF .deps/$*.d $<
 
 # Have a place to store header dependencies automatically generated by compiler
 .deps/timestamp: