On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:45:45PM -0600, Matt W. wrote:
> Hmm, quick question. I haven't been able to find out what a "static" or
> "statically linked" installation means with reference to a given program.
>
> Matt W.
This means that it doesn't use dynamically linked libraries,
everything it needs to run is built into its executable file. You
see these most often with programs that are built with proprietary
libraries that can't be freely distributed, such as Motif. They're
also useful for rescue tools, in case you screw up your shared
library system, and a few other things. The downside is that you
end up using more disk space and RAM, as you aren't sharing the
identical code between applications that are statically linked to
the same libraries, each keeps its own copy.
--Levi
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