lfs-book/chapter06/libtool-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Libtool</title>

<para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
  install it. Issue the following command to apply the patch:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>
patch -Np1 -i ../libtool-&libtool-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp;      
</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Prepare Libtool to be compiled:</para>

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

<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>

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

<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>

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

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<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libtool-&libtool-patch-version;.patch</userinput>: 
This patch fixes an incompatibility between Autoconf 2.53 and Libtool 1.4.x.
Specifically, the deprecated m4 macro AC_PROVIDE_AC_LIBTOOL is replaced by
AC_PROVIDE_ELSEIF.</para>
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