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<sect2><title>Contents of Libtool</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &libtool-contversion;.)</para>

<para>GNU libtool is a generic library support script. Libtool hides
  the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent,
  portable interface.</para>

<para>Libtool installs the following:</para>

<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>libtool and libtoolize</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
<para>libltdl.a, libltdl.so (link to libltdl.so.3.1.0), libltdl.so.3
(link to libltdl.so.3.1.0) and libltdl.so.3.1.0</para></sect3>

</sect2>