LIBTOOL(1)
NAME
libtool - Provide generalized library-building support services.
SYNOPSIS
libtool [OPTION]... [MODE-ARG]...
DESCRIPTION
The `libtool' program provides a standard way to generate both static
and shared libraries. It hides the complexities of platform-specific
library generation behind an interface that is the same across all
platforms supported by libtool.
OPTIONS
libtool accepts the following options:
- --config
- Display libtool configuration variables and exit.
- --debug
- Dump a trace of shell script execution to standard output. This produces a lot of output, so you may wish to pipe it to `less' (or `more') or redirect to a file.
- -n|--dry-run
- Don't create, modify, or delete any files, just show what commands would be executed by `libtool'.
- --features
- Display basic configuration options. This provides a way for packages to determine whether shared or static libraries will be built.
- --finish
- Same as --mode=finish.
- --help Display a help message and exit. If --mode=MODE is specified,
- then detailed help for MODE is displayed.
- --mode=MODE
- Use MODE as the operation mode. By default, the operation mode is inferred from the MODE-ARGS.
- If MODE is specified, it 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 the 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.
- --quiet
- Same as `--silent'.
- --silent
- Don't print informational messages.
- --tag=TAG
- Use configuration variables from tag TAG
- --version
- Print version information.
- The MODE-ARGS are a variable number of arguments, depending on the selected operation mode. In general, each MODE-ARG is interpreted by programs libtool invokes, rather than libtool itself.
SEE ALSO
libtoolize(1), automake(1)
`libtool', `libtoolize' and `automake' are fully documented via the
Info system.
AUTHOR
- This manual page was created by Ossama Othman <ossama@debian.org>. It
is based on the "Invoking Libtool" menu entry in the `libtool' TEXINFO
documentation, and the output from the --help option. It was updated
for Libtool 1.5 by Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>.