Re: [Plplot-general] Static-linked, stand-alone executables?

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On 2004-04-01 12:34-0800 ooOoo wrote:

> Is it possible to build statically-linked, stand-alone
> executable files with plplot?

Yes, although I don't much see the point since the executables end up
much larger than when you use the shared libraries.

However, assuming you have some exotic but justified reason to use static
libraries, (:-)) here is the cookbook:

Use 5.3.0 (since that is the only version we support).

./configure --disable-shared --disable-dyndrivers (+ other options such as --prefix)
make
make install

--disable-dyndrivers is important since the (default) dyndrivers option
does not work with static libraries.

Normally, both shared and static libraries are built, but we turn off the
shared ones (--disable-shared) to save you build time and also force the
executable build to use the static version of the libraries.  (Normally, the
linker tries to use the shared version of the library whenever possible.)

Build your executable just like the installed examples are built, e.g.,

gcc x01c.c -o x01c `plplot-config --cflags --libs`

Try plplot-config --help to see other options for that command.

Alan
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