Linking a library statically
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I have already built a static version of Qt following this "tutorial":http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git
Now how do I add a library to my project statically?
The library is: libxcb-render-util.so.0
located in: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnuDo I right click on the project and select "Add Library..."? Which setting do I pick afterwards?
I don't see an option to add statically. -
The linker automatically detects the library type. In your case the library is not static! On Unix, *.so is reserved for shared libraries (so == shared object), and *.a suffix denotes a static library.
To add a library to your project, just add LIBS+=-Llibrary/dir -lmyLibName
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Okay,
Also, when I run my application on a different computer I get this message:
@error while loading shared libraries: libxcb-render-util.so.0: cannot open shared object
@Do you think if I added the library libxcb-render-util.a , it would fix this dependency issue?
Thanks!
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Yes, in a way it might work. Although the preferred way on Linux is to use a Packaga Manager to manage dependencies.
