Arch Linux static compile

[mrfreeman]

I'm trying to static compile my sfml program on arch linux, but I'm getting errors. I'm compiling with this command:

g++ game.cpp -lsfml-window-s -lsfml-system-s -lsfml-graphics-s -DSFML_STATIC -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -o game.exe

and getting this error:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lsfml-window-s
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lsfml-system-s
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lsfml-graphics-s
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I can compile with shared library without any problem.

[eXpl0it3r]

Well, you don't have libraries called sfml-xyz-s on yout system. IIRC you can also directly link shared libraries statically on Linux, but in general static linking is not advised on Linux.

[korczurekk]

You have to recompile SFML to get static libraries, sfml package ships with .so only. Btw why would you use static libraries on Linux?