Can't make executable portable

Question

I made a little c++ program with this library: http://libtins.github.io

I compile with: g++ -o arp arp.cpp -ltins

It runs fine (Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit), however if i send the executable to a friend, he gets this error when running:

error while loading shared libraries: libtins.so.3.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I've looked up on stackoverflow and found something about statically linking and dynamically linking, also tried some g++ arguments but no success.

Is it even possible, to create a binary that "contains" the shared object itself?

Thanks

timrau · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-05T16:39:55.743

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You can use -static to link the libraries statically.

g++ -o arp arp.cc -ltins -static

To build libtins statically, you could refer to the following section in its README:

Static/shared build

Note that by default, only the shared object is compiled. If you would like to generate a static library file, run:

cmake ../ -DLIBTINS_BUILD_SHARED=0

edited Jun 05 '16 at 16:39

answered Jun 03 '16 at 15:54

timrau

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gives me this error (translated): /usr/bin/ld: unable to find -ltins – Matteo Jun 03 '16 at 15:58
@Matteo You probably have to recompile this library as static lib. – πάντα ῥεῖ Jun 03 '16 at 16:35
How could i do that? – Matteo Jun 05 '16 at 08:12
@Matteo Edited to include the README section about static build – timrau Jun 05 '16 at 16:40
Thanks, it worked fine, the binary is 200 times larger though – Matteo Jun 06 '16 at 15:11

Can't make executable portable

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Static/shared build