-static option for gcc?

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The -static option links a program statically, in other words it does not require a dependency on dynamic libraries at runtime in order to run.

To achieve static linking requires that the archive (.a) versions of your libraries exist on the system. so /usr/lib/libc.a, /usr/lib/crt1.o, etc.

On modern linux systems (as you are using red hat): when a binary links together it 1) either puts the code into the executable via .o and .a files, or 2) puts in references to dynamic libraries (.so) files that is resolved by /lib/ld-linux.so (or /lib64/ld-linux=x86-64.so) which is always at a well known place.

For your particular system, if a program is specifically looking to create a static version of itself then you need to install the static versions of your devel tools. You need, at the minimum, glibc-static package. You may also need libstdc++-static package as well.

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