openSUSE:Leap:42.2 openSUSE Leap 42.2 https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.2/repo/oss/ glibc-devel-static C library static libraries for -static linking The glibc-devel-static package contains the C library static libraries for -static linking. You don't need these, unless you link statically, which is highly discouraged.