compiling libraries using 'static' not 'dynamic'

[Matt Eisemann <meisemann dsrnet com>]

Currently trying to compile a GTK program that I wrote using the static 
runtime libraries.  Someone mentioned to me that if I want to run a GTK 
application on a computer that does not have GTK installed on it, I will 
need to create an executable with the runtime libraries as part of the 
executable.  Does someone have any information on how to compile a GTK 
application without using the dynamic runtime libraries but using the 
static runtime libraries.  This is so we can create an executable  that 
will run on any computer .