Static binaries are useful e.g. when copying test binaries to other systems. Document how to build them. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- INSTALL | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 765fa26..8c98a76 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/path/to/cross/root/lib ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --without-jpeg make +Building static binaries: +------------------------- + +Fully static binares can be built by setting LDFLAGS for the configure and +using an option for disabling shared libraries: + + $ LDFLAGS="--static -static" ./configure --disable-shared + +Note that this requires static variants of all the libraries needed for +linking which may not be available in all systems. + +In order to build binaries that are not dependent on libraries contained +in v4l-utils, simply use the --disable-shared option: + + $ ./configure --disable-shared + Android Cross Compiling and Installing: ---------------- -- 2.7.4
