LIBTOOL

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: November 2024
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NAME

libtool - Provide generalized librar-building support services  

SYNOPSIS

libtool [,OPTION/]... [,MOD-ARG/]...  

DESCRIPTION

Provide generalized library-building support services.  

OPTIONS

--config

show all configuration variables

--debug

enable verbose shell tracing

-n, --dry-run

display commands without modifying any files

--features

display basic configuration information

--finish

use operation '--mode=finish'

--mode=,MODE/

use operation mode MODE

--no-finish

don't update shared library cache

--no-quiet, --no-silent

print default informational messages

--no-warnings

equivalent to '-Wnone'

--preserve-dup-deps

don't remove duplicate dependency libraries

--quiet, --silent

don't print informational messages

--reorder-cache=,DIRS/

reorder shared library cache for preferred DIRS

--tag=,TAG/

use configuration variables from tag TAG

-v, --verbose

print more informational messages than default

--version

print version information

-W, --warnings=,CATEGORY/

report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [all]

-h, --help, --help-all

print short, long, or detailed help message

 

Warning categories include:

'all'

show all warnings

'none'

turn off all the warnings

'error'

warnings are treated as fatal errors

MODE must be one of the following:

clean

remove files from the build directory

compile

compile a source file into a libtool object

execute

automatically set library path, then run a program

finish

complete the installation of libtool libraries

install

install libraries or executables

link

create a library or an executable

uninstall

remove libraries from an installed directory

MODE-ARGS vary depending on the MODE. When passed as first option, '--mode=MODE' may be abbreviated as 'MODE' or a unique abbreviation of that.

GNU libtool home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/>.

When reporting a bug, please describe a test case to reproduce it and include the following information:

host-triplet:

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

shell:

,/bin/bash/

compiler:

gcc

compiler flags: -g -O2 linker: ,/usr/bin/ld/ -m elf_x86_64 (gnu? yes) version: libtool (GNU libtool) 2.5.4 automake: automake (GNU automake) 1.17 autoconf: autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.72e

 

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>.  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Originally written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996 (See AUTHORS for complete contributor listing)  

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for libtool is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and libtool programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info libtool

should give you access to the complete manual.

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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

Warning categories include:

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO