How do you access Definitions in precompiled .lids

(Yes it should be libs)

I have all the declerations, but the definitions are inside precomplied .libs

When I follow Skids tutorial Bmax cannot find the definitions. Ive tried putting them (the libs), in the program folder and in Bmax lib folder. With no joy.

I have noticed that in the lid dir they are all(ish) .a files. Do I need to convert the libs to .a? if so How. If not is there any other way.

Thanks