https://github.com/cretz/tor-static
users who realize that INSTALL files still exist should simply follow the directions at https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-unix
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/main/INSTALL
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. If it doesn't build for you:
If you have problems finding libraries, try
CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" \
./configure
or
./configure --with-libevent-dir=/usr/local
rather than simply ./configure.
If you have mysterious autoconf failures while linking openssl, consider setting your LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the openssl lib directory. For example, "setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/athena/lib".
Lastly, check out https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#DoesntWork w 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