RE: [gtk-list] Static linking gtk in a program

[br0ke math smsu edu (Erik)]

On 12-Dec-1999 Antonio Campos wrote:
> This is not strictly a Gtk question, but here it goes in the hope of a
> response:
> 
> What parameters do I have to pass gcc to static link gtk (and gdk, and
> glib) libraries into a program?
> But I don't want to statically link X related libs, only the gtk...
> libs.
> When I use gcc myprogram.c -o myprogram `gtk-config --libs --cflags`
> -static,
> I think X libs are being included inside the binary...
> Any clues...? Thanks in advance.
> 

gcc myprogram.c -o myprogram `gtk-config --cflags --libs` /usr/lib/libglib.a\
/usr/lib/libgdk.a /usr/lib/libgtk.a /usr/lib/libgmodule.a

that should do it, I don't remember if it'll play nice with the gtk-config
script, you may have to run gtk-config and see what it does, then copy the
peices you want to your makefile or whatever. -lgtk means to dynamically link
libgtk.so, the .a files are used for static linking (called archive libraries),
so the idea is to replace the -lgtk with /usr/lib/libgtk.a

-static will statically link ALL libraries, so you're getting the X libs, libm,
libc, ...

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