[Linux dev] Re: Static C++ (wxWindows libs)

[Buchan Milne <bgmilne@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Paul Surgeon wrote:

> I'm not sure what wx-config does but by default gcc uses shared libraries so
> if you really need to link against static libraries you need to use the
> -static flag.
>
> eg.
> $ gcc prog.cpp -lmystaticlib -static -o prog
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sunday, 2 March 2003 20:54, Jens Thiede wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > How do you link a wxWindows C++ program statically?
> >
> > $ gcc prog.cpp `wx-config --libs --cflags` -o prog
> >
> > What else should I do to the line above?
> >
> > Any help appreciated,
> >
> > Jens.

It might also be necessary to compile wxWindows/wxGTK as a static library.
IIRC, it is an option in the configure script for wxWindows/wxGTK.

On my Mandrake 9.0 box, -static does not work with wxGTK, on my Windows
box, I think I compiled wxWindows static, and there I only get static
binaries ...

Note that you may end up with pretty large binaries ;-).

Regards,
Buchan

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