How to static link Linux software that uses ./configure?

Question

I would like to compile NRPE static, so I can copy the compiled binary to an OmniOS server, where I don\'t want gcc to be installed on. I would prefer to install NRPE with S

Answer 1

For people coming from google, I found that if you have libtool part of your build, you will need to:

1. ./configure CFLAGS="-static" ....
2. make LDFLAGS="-all-static"

You can see that -all-static with libtool --help --mode=link