lfs-book/chapter06/libtool.xml

<sect1 id="ch-system-libtool" xreflabel="Libtool">
<title>Installing Libtool-&libtool-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="libtool.html" dir="chapter06"?>

<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; &libtool-time;
&diskspace; &libtool-compsize;</screen>

&aa-libtool-down;
&aa-libtool-dep;

<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

<sect2>
<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 have the results tested, issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

<para>And install the package:</para>

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

</sect2>

&aa-libtool-shortdesc;
&aa-libtool-desc;

</sect1>