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[Joachim Reichel <>]

Hi Matthias,

> I want to make a static build of CGAL 3.5 on a Linux machine. To do so the
> manual says to change the CMAKE_SHARED_LIBS=FALSE
> However it still builts shared libraries .so instead of .a !
> I can't find the flag with cmake-gui either. Is this a bug or where can I
> change the flag? I need a static libCGAL.a

it's a typo in the installation manual. BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE (see
INSTALL) should work (don't forget -D if you use the command line).

Joachim