lfs-book/chapter06/libtool.xml

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<title>Libtool-&libtool-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool"><primary sortas="a-Libtool">Libtool</primary></indexterm>

<para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script.
It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable
interface.</para>

<screen>&buildtime; 1.5 SBU
&diskspace; 20 MB</screen>

<para>Libtool installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.</para>



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<title>Installation of Libtool</title>

<para>Prepare Libtool for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

<para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

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<sect2 id="contents-libtool"><title>Contents of Libtool</title>

<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: libtool and libtoolize</para>

<para><emphasis>Installed libraries</emphasis>: libltdl.[a,so].</para>

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<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool"><primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary></indexterm>
<para id="libtool"><command>libtool</command> provides generalized library-building
support services.</para>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize"><primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary></indexterm>
<para id="libtoolize"><command>libtoolize</command> provides a standard way to add
libtool support to a package.</para>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl"><primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary></indexterm>
<para id="libltdl"><command>libltdl</command> hides the various difficulties of
dlopening libraries.</para>

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