How to statically-link a complex program

Question

In Linux, downloaded a program source and want it to be statically linked. Have a huge Makefile there, I

./configure
make

to compile. preh

Answer 1

Most autoconf generated configure script will allow you to make a static build:

 ./configure --enable-static
 make

If that doesn't work, you may be able to pass linker flags in via LDFLAGS, like this:

 ./configure LDFLAGS=-static