LIBTOOLIZE

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

libtoolize - Prepare a package to use libtool  

SYNOPSIS

libtoolize [,OPTION/]...  

DESCRIPTION

Prepare a package to use libtool.  

OPTIONS

-c, --copy

copy files rather than symlinking them

--debug

enable verbose shell tracing

-n, --dry-run

print commands rather than running them

-f, --force

replace existing files

-i, --install

copy missing auxiliary files

--ltdl[=,DIR/]

install libltdl sources [default: libltdl]

--no-warnings

equivalent to '-Wnone'

--nonrecursive

prepare ltdl for non-recursive make

-q, --quiet

work silently

--recursive

prepare ltdl for recursive make

--subproject

prepare ltdl to configure and build independently

-v, --verbose

verbosely report processing

--version

print version information and exit

-W, --warnings=,CATEGORY/

report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [all]

-h, --help

print short or long help message

 

Warning categories include:

'all'

show all warnings

'none'

turn off all the warnings

'error'

warnings are treated as fatal errors

'environment'

show warnings about LIBTOOLIZE_OPTIONS content

'file'

show warnings about file copying and linking

The following space or comma delimited options can be passed to libtoolize via the environment variable LIBTOOLIZE_OPTIONS, unknown environment options are ignored:

--debug

enable verbose shell tracing

--no-warnings

don't display warning messages

--quiet

work silently

--verbose

verbosely report processing

You must 'cd' to the top directory of your package before you run 'libtoolize'.

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

host-triplet:

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

version:

libtoolize (GNU libtool) 2.5.4

automake:

automake (GNU automake) 1.17

autoconf:

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.72e

 

AUTHOR

Written by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>, 2003  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>.
GNU libtool home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/>.
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.  

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.  

SEE ALSO

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

info libtoolize

should give you access to the complete manual.

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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

Warning categories include:

AUTHOR

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO