How to build a libvips.so.42 file with all dependencies included?

[fredprodibi]

Questions

I m trying to use a custom build of libvips to use in libvips.NET that include jxl and heif.

I manage to build the code in docker but it produces a small libvips.so.42 and the two modules vips-heif.so and vips-jxl.so

How can I get a libvips.so.42 like libvips.NET does, but not only for the web formats, but also with jxl and heif included.

I use this command to setup the build
meson build --libdir=lib --buildtype=release -Ddeprecated=false -Dopenslide=disabled -Dpdfium=disabled -Dpoppler=disabled -Dpoppler-module=disabled -Drsvg=disabled -Dopenslide-module=disabled -Dmatio=disabled -Dopenexr=disabled

if I add --default-library static no .so files are produced.

Any help to build a version that I can use with libvips.NET that include all the web formats, + JPEG2000, + TIFF, + JXL and HEIC/AVIF would help.

Thank you

my docker image is a Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
the dependency config is:
vips 8.14.2

Build options
enable debug : NO
enable deprecated : NO
enable modules : YES
enable gtk-doc : NO
enable doxygen : NO
enable introspection : YES
enable examples : YES
enable cplusplus : YES
enable RAD load/save : YES
enable Analyze7 load/save : YES
enable PPM load/save : YES
enable GIF load : YES

Optional external packages
use fftw for FFTs : YES
accelerate loops with ORC : YES
ICC profile support with lcms : NO
zlib : YES
text rendering with pangocairo : YES
font file support with fontconfig : YES
EXIF metadata support with libexif: YES

External image format libraries
JPEG load/save with libjpeg : YES
JXL load/save with libjxl : YES (dynamic module: YES)
JPEG2000 load/save with OpenJPEG : YES
PNG load/save with libspng : NO
PNG load/save with libpng : YES
selected quantisation package : imagequant
TIFF load/save with libtiff : YES
image pyramid save with libgsf : YES
HEIC/AVIF load/save with libheif : YES (dynamic module: YES)
WebP load/save with libwebp : YES
PDF load with PDFium : NO
PDF load with poppler-glib : NO (dynamic module: NO)
SVG load with librsvg : NO
EXR load with OpenEXR : NO
OpenSlide load : NO (dynamic module: NO)
Matlab load with libmatio : NO
NIfTI load/save with niftiio : NO
FITS load/save with cfitsio : YES
GIF save with cgif : NO
selected Magick package : none (dynamic module: NO)
Magick API version : none
Magick load : NO
Magick save : NO

User defined options
buildtype : release
libdir : lib
deprecated : false
matio : disabled
openexr : disabled
openslide : disabled
openslide-module : disabled
pdfium : disabled
poppler : disabled
poppler-module : disabled
rsvg : disabled

[kleisauke]

Meson prefers to link against shared libraries by default, one can use the --prefer-static option to try static linking before shared linking. The -Dmodules=disabled option could be used if you want to disable the support and build of dynamic modules.

The build script at https://github.com/kleisauke/libvips-packaging/blob/main/build/lin.sh can be used as a reference to compile libvips and its dependencies as a single, statically-linked shared library.