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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Most users who realize that INSTALL files still exist should simply follow the directions at https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-unix -If you got the source from Subversion, run "./autogen.sh", which will +If you got the source from git, run "./autogen.sh", which will run the various auto* programs. Then you can run ./configure, and refer to the above instructions. @@ -21,5 +21,32 @@ If it doesn't build for you: For example, "setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/athena/lib". Lastly, check out - http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork + https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#DoesntWork + +How to do static builds of tor: + +Tor supports linking each of the libraries it needs statically. Use the +--enable-static-X ./configure option in conjunction with the --with-X-dir +option for libevent, zlib, and openssl. For this to work sanely, libevent +should be built with --disable-shared --enable-static --with-pic, and +OpenSSL should be built with no-shared no-dso. + +If you need to build tor so that system libraries are also statically linked, +use the --enable-static-tor ./configure option. This won't work on OS X +unless you build the required crt0.o yourself. It is also incompatible with +the --enable-gcc-hardening option. + +An example of how to build a mostly static tor: +./configure --enable-static-libevent \ + --enable-static-openssl \ + --enable-static-zlib \ + --with-libevent-dir=/tmp/static-tor/libevent-1.4.14b-stable \ + --with-openssl-dir=/tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r/ \ + --with-zlib-dir=/tmp/static-tor/zlib-1.2.5 + +An example of how to build an entirely static tor: +./configure --enable-static-tor \ + --with-libevent-dir=/tmp/static-tor/libevent-1.4.14b-stable \ + --with-openssl-dir=/tmp/static-tor/openssl-0.9.8r/ \ + --with-zlib-dir=/tmp/static-tor/zlib-1.2.5 |