Re: [gtk-list] Static compilation & gtk--

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw its tudelft nl>]

On Mon, 03 May 1999 21:19:17 +0200, gtk-list@redhat.com (Erwan Loisant) wrote:
> I am developping using gtk-- and I want to compile static binaries (to
> use the binary on a PC without gtk libs).
> 
> When I compile dynamically by
> g++ mysource.cc `gtkmm-config --cflags` `gtkmm-config --libs`
> The compilation works fine.
> 
> But when I try to add -static, I have the following error message :
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lgtkmm: Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce
> type.

Internationalisation is a great thing, but not if you want to understand
what's going on. I guess this means something like "can't find a library
with that type".

> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> What is surprising is that :
> - The dynamic compilation works fine
> - The static compilation w/ just gtk works fine
> 
> Just the dynamic compil w/ gtk-- generates errors !!

If my assumption about the meaning of the error message is correct, I
think the answer is simple: you haven't installed the static gtk--
libraries (libgtkmm.a).


Erik

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