# Static executable (-DSTATIC\_EXTENSIONS)

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**Created:** [August 23, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/static-executable-dstatic-extensions/5710 "2022-08-23T03:24:17Z")\
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Some packages are not yet ready for this. There are two demands: the install function of a library **must** be called `install_<libname>` and the Prolog side **must** use use\_foreign\_library/1 as

```
:- use_foreign_library(foreign(libname)).

```

Some packages (still) name the install function simply `install()`, but this obviously cannot work as you get a name conflict.

There may be other problems ☹ Only working on the Emscripten version with this option. PRs welcome 🙂

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