RE: [fltk.general] How to build/install fltk 1.3.5 on Ubuntu 20.04 - [General Use]

[MacArthur, Ian (Leonardo, UK)]

> The Hello, World! window appears when I run the executable file. Great that
> it works, but I notice it has a file size of 2.5 MB. Seems exceedingly large.
> What could be the possible causes or remedies? Thank you

The binary will be unstripped by default so will still have the linkage and debug info. embedded in it.

You need to strip the binary: generally as simple as "strip my_binary" at the CLI.





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