I've been trying to determine if my Ubuntu (linux) system has -static libraries. When would they be located, and what suffix would identify them?
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On debian-derived systems like Ubuntu, the static libraries that come with the system (installed by apt/dpkg, not by hand) usually go in /usr/lib/<target-triplet>/ and have the suffix .a.
Example, on my x86-64 debian system:
$ ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/*.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libBrokenLocale.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFS.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLU.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libImlib2.a ... apt-get install <package>-dev will usually install such libraries in addition to the dynamic *.so ones.
There are still packages which install their libraries directly under /usr/lib though, eg. libgraphicsmagick1-dev.
Compilers like gcc and clang will also install some "internal" libraries (libstdc++, etc) under /usr/lib/<compiler-name>/..., eg:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6.3.0/libgcc.a Other distros may follow different conventions; for instance, in rhel/centos, all the development libraries go under /usr/lib64/ or /usr/lib32/ and they're provided by <package>-devel-*. Compiling a file with gcc -v will always tell you where exactly the compiler is looking for libraries, whether static or dynamic.
- THANK YOU. That's exactly what I needed!Dickster– Dickster2019-06-24 16:40:58 +00:00Commented Jun 24, 2019 at 16:40