I am trying to build a program statically. I compiled all of the source files similar to the following:

g++ -static -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/sigc++-1.2/include -I/usr/include/sigc++-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -c CharFil.cc

Then I linked everything as follows:

c++ -static -g -O2 -I/usr/include/gtkmm-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtkmm-2.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/sigc++-1.2/include -I/usr/include/sigc++-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -o CharFil CharFil.o OutNameDlg.o OverwriteDlg.o WarningDlg.o DoneDlg.o SplashDlg.o AboutDlg.o HelpDlg.o InputFileSelection.o CFilter.o AsciiDlg.o dirbrowser.o -Wl,--export-dynamic /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgdkmm-2.0.so /usr/lib/libatkmm-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libpangomm-1.0.so /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.0.so /usr/lib/libsigc-1.2.so /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so -lm /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so -ldl /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so

Everything compiled and linked without errors. The executable CharFil was created, but when I try to run CharFil I receive the following message:

./CharFil: No such file or directory

I have tried to build the project statically several other ways, without success. The above was my first attempt.

Any help would be appreciated,

Joe-E

i know im pretty new to linux so if anything i say is wrong someone please correct me, but i think you have to change the file permission on CharFil so that you have execute permission. If you dont have permission i think that is the error message you will get.

stamour547

I checked the permissions and the binary was already execuatble. So unfortunatly that doesn't seem to be the problem, but thank you for your advice stamour547.


Here's another attempt I made at statically linking:

c++ -o CharFil CharFil.o OutNameDlg.o OverwriteDlg.o WarningDlg.o DoneDlg.o SplashDlg.o AboutDlg.o HelpDlg.o InputFileSelection.o CFilter.o AsciiDlg.o dirbrowser.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -Wl,-Bstatic -lgtkmm-2.0 -lgdkmm-2.0 -latkmm-1.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lpangomm-1.0 -lglibmm-2.0 -lsigc-1.2 -latk-1.0 -lm -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpangoxft-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0

Which throws the following errors:

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgtk-x11-2.0.a(gtkplug.o)(.text+0x10c2): In function `send_xembed_message':
: undefined reference to `XSendEvent'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgtk-x11-2.0.a(gtkplug.o)(.text+0x121e): In function `xembed_set_info':
: undefined reference to `XChangeProperty'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgtk-x11-2.0.a(gtksocket.o)(.text+0x4ff): In function `gtk_socket_realize':
: undefined reference to `XGetWindowAttributes'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgtk-x11-2.0.a(gtksocket.o)(.text+0x52a): In function `gtk_socket_realize':
: undefined reference to `XSelectInput'

.......etc............etc..............etc.................etc............etc...............

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgdk-x11-2.0.a(gdkinput-xfree.o)(.text+0x1a5): In function `gdk_input_check_proximity':
: undefined reference to `XFreeDeviceState'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgdk-x11-2.0.a(gdkinput-xfree.o)(.text+0x539): In function `_gdk_input_grab_pointer':
: undefined reference to `XGrabDevice'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgdk-x11-2.0.a(gdkinput-xfree.o)(.text+0x585): In function `_gdk_input_grab_pointer':
: undefined reference to `XUngrabDevice'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.2.3/../../../libgdk-x11-2.0.a(gdkinput-xfree.o)(.text+0x613): In function `_gdk_input_ungrab_pointer':
: undefined reference to `XUngrabDevice'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

If I link the following libraries dynamically, everything works fine: -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 and -lgdk-x11-2.0. But this is not a static binary:

CharFil: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped

It has the following dependancies:

libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x4001f000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x40031000)
libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x40094000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4013d000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x4015e000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40166000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40276000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x40332000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40336000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x40339000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x40368000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x403ca000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x403d2000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x403e0000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x403f0000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x403fd000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x40402000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x40426000)
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0x40475000)
libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0x40494000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x404a0000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x404cf000)

Are my static libraries different from their shared library equivalents?

Thank you in advance for any help anyone can give me,

Joe-E

I might be on the completely wrong track here,
but I believe that you were using the dynamic
libraries in your first example, too :}

The names of the static libraries all end in .a,
not .so.


Cheers,
Tink

Yes, I was hoping the -static flag used in the first example would link the shared libraries and their dependancies statically (if that can be done). What confused me was that I recieved no errors while compiling or linking. The binary executable was created, but when I attempted to run it the binary executable was not found.

In the second example the -static flag is used again, and the required libraries are included without the explicit instructions on whether to use their shared or static elements. I think in this case the -static flag instructs the linker to use all of the corresponding .a library files. However when I do this I recieve a large number of undefined reference errors. It's almost as if the .a library files do not include everything their .so equivalents do.

Hope someone can help,

Joe-E

I'm really starting to guess here,
I've never dieved into static linkage
with a TON of interdependent packages...

Maybe you'll have to recompile
gdk_pixbuf-2.0 and gdk-x11-2.0 for
static linkage, too?

Cheers,
TInk

That's my problem. When I try to link gdk_pixbuf-2.0 and gdk-x11-2.0 statically I receive all of those errors. I'm beginning to wonder if it's even possible, but I am hopeful it is and someone out there has done it and can help me.

Joe-E

The library included in ur stitic compilation program may be interdependent so try to change there position and then try ..... u can find out .la file of the same library on which libs this lib depends .... hope this will solve ur problem..