%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ elfutils-&elfutils-version; elfutils Introduction to elfutils The elfutils package contains a set of utilities and libraries for handling ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) files. &lfs79_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &elfutils-md5sum; Download size: &elfutils-size; Estimated disk space required: &elfutils-buildsize; Estimated build time: &elfutils-time; elfutils Dependencies Optional User Notes: Installation of elfutils Install elfutils by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --program-prefix="eu-" && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations --program-prefix="eu-": This switch renames installed programs to avoid conflict with Binutils programs installed in LFS. : Run all tests under valgrind. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories eu-addr2line, eu-ar, eu-elfcmp, eu-elfcompress, eu-elflint, eu-findtextrel, eu-ld, eu-make-debug-archive, eu-nm, eu-objdump, eu-ranlib, eu-readelf, eu-size, eu-stack, eu-strings, eu-strip, and eu-unstrip libasm.{a,so}, libdw.{a,so}, libebl.a, libelf.{a,so}, and some for different architectures under /usr/lib/elfutils /usr/include/elfutils and /usr/lib/elfutils Short Descriptions eu-addr2line convert addresses into file names and line numbers. eu-addr2line eu-ar create, modify, and extract from archives. eu-ar eu-elfcmp compare relevant parts of two ELF files for equality. eu-elfcmp eu-elfcompress compress or decompress sections in an ELF file. eu-elfcompress eu-elflint pedantic checking of ELF files compliance with gABI/psABI spec. eu-elflint eu-findtextrel locate source of text relocations in FILEs (a.out by default). eu-findtextrel eu-ld combine object and archive files. eu-ld eu-nm list symbols from FILEs (a.out by default). eu-nm eu-objdump show information from FILEs (a.out by default). eu-objdump eu-ranlib generate an index to speed access to archives. eu-ranlib eu-readelf print information from ELF file in human-readable form. eu-readelf eu-size list section sizes of FILEs (a.out by default). eu-size eu-stack print a stack for each thread in a process or core file. eu-stack eu-strings print the strings of printable characters in files. eu-strings eu-strip discard symbols from object files. eu-strip eu-unstrip combine stripped files with separate symbols and debug information. eu-unstrip