dcmtk nighly, static build

[athli]

Hi,
I need to built dcmtk utilities (mainly dcmdump) statically on Ubuntu Linux. Since there is static build officially available for 3.6.0 ( ftp://dicom.offis.de/pub/dicom/offis/so ... ic.tar.bz2 ), I assume that there is simple trick to do it. I tried to set up CXXFLAGS="-static" but did not work. Reason why I dont use static binaries that are available is that I need some latest features that are available in git version.

Also I have not found trick how to include dicom.dic statically to dcmdump.. this would be very useful as well.

Thank you very much for any hints!

Jarda

[Andreas Thiel]

For the built-in datadictionary see:
http://support.dcmtk.org/docs/file_datadict.html

-- Using a built-in data dictionary

By default the data dictionary is loaded from a text file as described
above. However, it is possible to use a built-in data dictionary and
avoid loading the text file at each application start. You can even have
the best of both worlds and have the main data dictionary built-in with
additions loaded from text files (via the DCMDICTPATH environment variable).

The default built-in data dictionary code (dcmdata/libsrc/dcdictbi.cc)
currently does nothing. The code for a useful built-in data dictionary can
be regenerated at any time by the mkdictbi program (dcmdata/libsrc/mkdictbi)
and the dcmdata library makefile (dcmdata/libsrc/Makefile.in) includes a
target (builtindict) for this purpose. The makefile also includes a target
(nobuiltindict) to reset back to an empty built-in data dictionary. By
making the built-in data dictionary, rebuilding the libdcmdata.a library
and relinking all your applications will ensure that the built-in data
dictionary is used.

Also included in the sources is a pre-created built-in data dictionary
which can be used instead (dcmdata/libsrc/dcdictzz.cc). For example, the
project files for the Windows platform use this file instead of the default
(empty) built-in data dictionary. Under Unix environments it should also
be possible to selectively use a built-in data dictionary for specific
applications by including dcdictzz.o earlier in the link path than
libdcmdata.a (if your linker allows this).

NOTE: Using a built-in data dictionary together with a default data
dictionary installed (e.g. in /usr/local/share/dcmtk/dicom.dic) will actually
make your programs start up slower. The data dictionary will be loaded
twice. Once from the built-in version and again from file. The same is
true of the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. However, this can be a
useful technique if you want to override built-in data dictionary values.

[Andreas Thiel]

I tried to set up CXXFLAGS="-static" but did not work.

Did you try

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make CXXFLAGS=-static