Date: 2011dec7 Update: 2025jul5 OS: Linux Product: Jam Keywords: shared, Jamfile, .a, static, archive, make Q. Jam: Normally you want to link to shared (.so) files. You do that by using the -l flag to the LINKFLAGS, like this:

LINKFLAGS = -L/usr/lib -pthread -lfam -lstdc++ ;

But what if you want to statically link to a library (.a)? A. Use the LinkLibraries directive in your Jamfile. For example:

Main myprog : myprog.cpp ; LinkLibraries myprog : libconfig-1.4.8/lib/.libs/libconfig.a ;

The spaces around the colon and before the semi-colon and other places ARE required!