Libtool

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Libtool-1.5 in Chapter 6.

Official Download Location

Libtool (1.5): 
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/

Contents of Libtool

(Last checked against version 1.4.2.)

GNU libtool is a generic library support script. Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface.

Libtool installs the following:

Program Files

libtool and libtoolize

Library Files

libltdl.a, libltdl.so (link to libltdl.so.3.1.0), libltdl.so.3 (link to libltdl.so.3.1.0) and libltdl.so.3.1.0

Descriptions

(Last checked against version 1.4.2.)

Program file descriptions

libtool

libtool provides generalized library-building support services.

libtoolize

libtoolize provides a standard way to add libtool support to a package.

Library file descriptions

libltdl, libltdl.so.3, libltdl.so.3.1.0

A small library that aims at hiding, from programmers, the various difficulties of dlopening libraries.

Libtool Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.4.2.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, nm, ranlib, strip
Coreutils: cat, chmod, cp, echo, expr, hostname, install, ln, ls,
             mkdir, mv, rm, rmdir, sleep, sort, tr, uname, uniq
Diffutils: cmp
GCC: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp0
Glibc: ldconfig
Grep: egrep, fgrep, grep
Make: make
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info