A static library or statically-linked library is a set of routines, external functions and variables which are resolved in a caller at compile-time and copied into a target application by a compiler, linker, or binder, producing an object file and a stand-alone executable. This executable and the process of compiling it are both known as a static build of the program.
Questions tagged [static-linking]
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C-library not linking using gcc/g++
I have a c-library which I use in gcc. The library has the extension .lib but is always linked as a static library. If i write a program which uses the library as c-code, everything as a-ok. If I however rename the file to .cpp (doing simple stuff…
Adrian
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c++ linux double destruction of static variable. linking symbols overlap
Environment: linux x64, compiler gcc 4.x
Project has following structure:
static library "slib"
-- inside this library, there is static object "sobj"
dynamic library "dlib"
-- links statically "slib"
executable "exe":
-- links "slib" statically
--…
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How to add static libraries to a Visual studio project
I am trying to add static libraries to my project. To add the static library I am following Microsoft's instructions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235627.aspx.
My problem is I that am not able to see the dependent library while adding…
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Static-linking of SDL2 libraries
I am using Windows 7, Code::Blocks and MinGW. I have little to no experience when it comes to compiling/building anything, especially when Code::Blocks doesn't use makefiles.
I downloaded SDL2-devel-2.0.0-mingw.tar.gz (SDL Development Libraries)…
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C++ Visual Studio: linking using pragma comment
I came across a piece of code which uses #pragma comment(lib, "libraryname").
Why this type of usage as opposed to just linking the library from the properties menu? In what situations is this usage called for? I am in windows using C++…
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CMake on Linux: "target platform does not support dynamic linking"
I have the very simple CMakeLists.txt
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED)
PROJECT(test CXX)
that really doesn't do anything. The package VTK is correctly found under /usr/lib/vtk-5.8/VTKConfig.cmake. This file includes a…
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How do I specify the linker path in Rust?
I'm trying to link a Rust program with libsoundio. I'm using Windows and there's a GCC binary download available. I can link it like this if I put it in the same folder as my project:
#[link(name = ":libsoundio-1.1.0/i686/libsoundio.a")]
#[link(name…
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How can i link my c++ program statically with libstdc++ on osx using clang?
i'm writting c++ program and i want to distribute it on Mac OS X versions 10.6 and above. The problem is when i compile the program with clang and it's dynamically linked with libstdc++ and it causes problems with older systems.
There is a key…
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C++ linking problems, seems like I can't link against standard C++ stuff
I am trying to use a library I've compiled myself in an iOS app. The library is the Tesseract OCR lib. It seems like compiling that (and its dependencies) have gone ok.
However, when I try to link against this lib in my app project, the app fails…
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Is there an option to GNU ld to omit -dynamic-linker (PT_INTERP) completely?
I'm experimenting with the concept of pure-static-linked PIE executables on Linux, but running into the problem that the GNU binutils linker insists on adding a PT_INTERP header to the output binary when -pie is used, even when also given -static.…
R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE
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link a static library to a shared library and hide exported symbols
I am having an annoying problem with the linker. I want to link some symbols from a shared library to a static library, but not export its symbols (ie, I cannot simply merge the libraries or link with --whole-archive). What I want is link (as in,…
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Significant performance difference of std clock between different machines
Testing something else I stumbled across something that I haven't managed to figure out yet.
Let's look at this snippet:
#include
#include
int main () {
int i = 0;
using namespace std::chrono_literals;
auto const end =…
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How to use static linking with OpenSSL in C/C++
I wrote simple apps with Openssl in C and C++. I compile them like this:
gcc openssltest.c -o openssltest -lcrypto
g++ openssltest.cpp -o openssltest -lcrypto
And its all ok but only, when you have Openssl installed.
I would like to compile it that…
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Xcode 4 Final - "armv6 armv7" issue while linking with armv6 libs
Until xcode 4 final (I was using 3.latest and 4 GM for the time it was available) this didn't happen. When I upgraded to xcode 4 final version, I started getting a linking error while trying to link the armv7 version with my non armv7 library (my…
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Static link libstdc++ using clang
When I use GCC, I can build program on my Ubuntu 15.04 using this:
-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
And compiled binary can run on "stock" Ubuntu 14.04 without any external packages, only standard updates.
Is there possibility do build with this…
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