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| LIBTOOL(1) | User Commands | LIBTOOL(1) |
NAME
libtool - Provide generalized library-building support services
SYNOPSIS
libtool [OPTION]... [MODE-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.
| November 2024 | GNU libtool 2.5.4 |