.. include:: /../getting_started/vars.rst .. _section-Product-Prototyper: RTI Utilities ************* Dynamically Linked Libraries ============================ In *Connext* 6, *RTI DDS Ping*, *RTI DDS Spy*, and *RTI Connext Prototyper* are no longer statically linked with the core libraries, but dynamically linked. This means that these utilities will load the |CONNEXT| core libraries (for example, libnddsc.so, libnddscore.so, and libnddscpp.so for Unix) at runtime. As a result, running *DDS Ping*, *DDS Spy*, or *Prototyper* as a standalone product no longer works, since it depends on the |CONNEXT| core libraries. If you need to run these products standalone, contact RTI Support at support@rti.com. For *Prototyper*, follow the configuration steps in the :link_monitoring_usersman_600:`Monitoring Library section of the Core Libraries User's Manual <>` for dynamically linked applications. The custom method that *Prototyper* used to provide for enabling Monitoring (chapter 10 in the 5.3.1 *Prototyper Getting Started Guide*) is no longer required or supported.