Converting a shared library to a static library

Question

How to convert a shared library to a static library? I am trying to statically build valgrind, which requires converting shared objects to static libraries. The normal build procedure valgrind creates several shared libraries. Is there a way to convert these shared libraries (.so) to a static library?

Answer 1

I believe it is possible that you can do this. But since you can just create a static library, not a shared library, I don’t think you will find a conversion tool.