How to Static Build

[djm858]

I'm fairly new to Linux Mint 20.3. I'm trying to install AudioBookConverter and it suggests the static build. I downloaded AudioBookConverter-static-binaries-6.1.2.tar.gz and extracted it in the Downloads folder. I have no idea what to do from there, or if I need to do something else entirely. Googling "how to install or run static build programs" but it's not helping.

Can anyone assist?

[iconoclasthero]

your best bet is to put it in your local bin folder, e.g, mine is ~/bin/ and then you can launch it from the command line by e.g.,
$ ~/bin/AudioBookConverter/bin/AudioBookConverter

You can also put ./AudioBookConverter/bin/AudioBookConvert in /bin but you have to put ./AudioBookConverter/lib/* (i.e. the contents of it) in /lib. The latter worked on ubuntu 23.04, but it's kinda messy since you you have all that stuff sitting in the system folder. You could also put both in /opt or something and then launch it from there...