source: chapter06/libtool.xml@ a8f36125

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<sect1 id="ch-system-libtool" xreflabel="Libtool" role="wrap">
<title>Libtool-&libtool-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool"><primary sortas="a-Libtool">Libtool</primary></indexterm>

<sect2 role="package"><title/>
<para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script.
It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable
interface.</para>

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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem><seg>1.5 SBU</seg><seg>20 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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<segtitle>Libtool installation depends on</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Libtool</title>

<para>Prepare Libtool for compilation:</para>

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

<para>Compile the package:</para>

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

<para>To test the results, issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

<para>Install the package:</para>

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

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<sect2 id="contents-libtool" role="content"><title>Contents of Libtool</title>

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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>libtool and libtoolize</seg><seg>libltdl.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
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<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>

<varlistentry id="libtool">
<term><command>libtool</command></term>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool"><primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary></indexterm>
<para>provides generalized library-building support services.</para>
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</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libtoolize">
<term><command>libtoolize</command></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize"><primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary></indexterm>
<para>provides a standard way to add libtool support to a package.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libltdl">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl"><primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary></indexterm>
<para>hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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