Totally static compilation of jgarzic's CPU miner.

[Joe Juneau]

Hi there 

I've spent hours (days, actually) on something where I still get stuck: I cann't compile this as fully static binary.

Here is how I do it:
- Got a

Code:

jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b

directory where I expanded the archive.
- In this directory, I've downloaded source of curl, including libs,
- In curl directory, I've downloaded gnu-tls source, including libs.

Then I do:

Code:

remi@puddipuddi:~/Logiciels/jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b/curl-7.21.0/gnutls26-2.8.6$ ./configure LDFLAGS=-static

I go into gnutls26-2.8.6/lib and give it a make:

Code:

gnutls26-2.8.6/lib$ make

Then back to curl, and I configure again:

Code:

remi@puddipuddi:~/Logiciels/jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b/curl-7.21.0$./configure LDFLAGS=-static --disable-shared --with-gnutls LDFLAGS=-L/home/remiLogiciels/jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b/gnutls26-2.8.6/lib

Then I make my lib curl:

Code:

curl-7.21.0/lib$ make

Then I autogen, and I configure the miner:

Code:

remi@puddipuddi:~/Logiciels/jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b$ ./autogen
remi@puddipuddi:~/Logiciels/jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b$ ./configure LDFLAGS=-static LDFLAGS=-L/home/remi/Logiciels/jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b/curl-7.21.0/gnutls26-2.8.6/lib LDFLAGS=-L/home/remi/Logiciels/jgarzik-cpuminer-602e31b/curl-7.21.0/lib

Then I make it, and I get a "minerd" binary.

When I try this binary on another x86 system, this is what I get 

Code:

./minerd: error while loading shared libraries: libcurl-gnutls.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

How can I statically compile the cpu miner so that I could use "anywhere"?

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[BeeCee1]

I've never done this but take a look at: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/gcc-compile-static-and-so-537575/

One of the answers suggests you need .a (archive) versions of the libraries.

[Joe Juneau]

I've never done this but take a look at: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/gcc-compile-static-and-so-537575/

One of the answers suggests you need .a (archive) versions of the libraries.

I have already seen this, and yes I do have .a versions of libs.

will do a try on a computer where there are none of the libs installed, with the hope that compilation will stop saying "this is missing"... 

[Joe Juneau]

up 

[gpa]

I guess your minerd is not static - I would have at least used CFLAGS=-static somewhere

Anyway, try to take the last compine line and run it manually with gcc -static -Wl, -static to see if it works

I guess it won't because it will try to use the distribution curl (for some reason I don't want to spend time investigating) and mess up with the dependancies. You may want to install it in a path and remove the default one. See http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2006-09/0128.html for a similar suggestion.

But all that is a waste of time. I've prepared a binary for you on :
https://rapidshare.com/files/515355188/minerd.linux.x86_64

Let me know your arch (i386.. ?) and  I will compile another static binary for you if that's not what you need.

Donations welcome :-)

[gpa]

BTW I forgot - if you want to run it on a machine where you do not know the # of cores :
 -t `cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep processor|wc -l`

[anonymous_acc]

Up!

I'm too looking for instruction to make static on x86_64 linux platform

[Gabi]

There is a reason why the last reply is from June 2011, cpu mining is dead. And gpu mining will die very soon as ASIC arrives

[anonymous_acc]

Gabi, you don't believe in chance.

There are still non-zero probability to find block, even on cpu.

[Gabi]

At least if you win a lottery you win millions of $ but with cpu mining even if in 10 years you find 1 block you have only 25btc...

[mangoo]

Here are well written instructions for a static compilation of cpuminer:

https://lxadm.com/Static_compilation_of_cpuminer