LIBTOOL
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: January 2021
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NAME
libtool - manual page for libtool 2.4.6
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 and exit
- --mode=,MODE/
-
use operation mode MODE
- --no-warnings
-
equivalent to '-Wnone'
- --preserve-dup-deps
-
don't remove duplicate dependency libraries
- --quiet, --silent
-
don't print informational messages
- --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: <http://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-redhat-linux-gnu
- shell:
-
,/bin/sh/
- compiler:
-
gcc
- compiler flags: -O2
-
-fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=,format-security/ -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=,generic/ -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -fPIC
- linker:
-
,/usr/bin/ld/ -m elf_x86_64 (gnu? yes)
- version:
-
libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.6
- automake:
-
automake (GNU automake) 1.16.2
- autoconf:
-
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
AUTHOR
Written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <
bug-libtool@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.