Deploying C app that uses the PCRE library

Question

I wrote a C app that uses the PCRE library. Everything works on my own computer. However, when I copy the binary over to another computer and run it, it gives the following erro

Answer 1

It's better to either install it or link it in statically. The former, of course, is lighter on resources. The best way to ensure compatibility would be to build the package for target system, specifying all dependencies (depends on the distribution, of coursE).