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I don't believe you can. The .so is missing some things that can't be recovered.

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If you do not have the .o files (or sources), there is no simple way (short of disassembly).

The .so file is already linked together, so it is essentially a runnable file with the special property of having the function entry points available from the outside. To be sharable, it must be compiled so that it will run correctly in whatever address range it is put in the process's address space.

The .a file is a collection of .o files put into a common packet by the archiver, ar.

HTH