Thank you for your bug report. The change came through upstream/Debian during
the transition to meson as build system
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/cairo/-/commit/1a9ed7e2
To build the static library is would need to use --default-
library=static , that would be a request for Debian though since we sync
the package from them and aren't going to add a delta to re-enable
static build only in Ubuntu
** Changed in: cairo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: cairo (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Opinion
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2110074
Title:
libcairo.a is no longer packaged
Status in cairo package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
In Ubuntu 22.04, a libcairo.a static library was available, in the
libcairo2-dev package.
In Ubuntu 24.04 and later, the libcairo.a static library is no longer
available in any package. There is no entry mentioning this in the
Ubuntu changelog for the source package at
https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cairo/cairo_1.18.0-3build1/changelog
(though there is an entry for "Build with meson" that might account
for the file having gone missing).
The absence of this file prevents building statically linked
applications that depend on libcairo, when developing software on
Ubuntu.
The missing file should be restored and a new version of the package
should be published for 24.04, since in the absence of a changelog
entry it seems likely that the file was not removed on purpose.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: libcairo2-dev 1.18.0-3build1
Uname: Linux 5.15.49-linuxkit aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudBuildName: ubuntu-oci:minimized
CloudSerial: 20240429
Date: Tue May 6 17:27:17 2025
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
TERM=xterm
SourcePackage: cairo
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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