libstdc++ linked as libstdc++.a

libstdc++ linked as libstdc++.a

[Mike Bezman]

Hi !!
I am trying to build an C++/C executable using gcc3.2 on RedHat
7.2("Intel").
I don't want the users on the other machines to be required to have
libstdc++.so on those machines.

For example with simple app hello.cpp
the commmand I tried : gcc -o hello -lstdc++ hello.cpp and when running on
different computer (which doesn't have libstdc++) I am getting - error while
loading shared libraries libstdc++.so.5 ....

How to solve this problem (i.e. I guess force the app. to link libstdc++.a
instead) ?

Thanks, Mike

Re: libstdc++ linked as libstdc++.a

[bjorn rohde jensen]

Hi,

  Right, you do have to link statically to libs,
you dont want to require be installed on target
hosts. One way to do that is to tell g++ not to
link with standard libs and handle that yourself
explicitly, which enables you to choose individual
libs to link with dynamically or statically.
  You might need to get g++ to tell you, which
supporting libs need to be linked in, using the -v
option during an ordinary linking of your program.

Yours sincerely,

Bjorn