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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 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/s/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: -Wall -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security linker: /usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64 (gnu? yes) version: libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.7 Debian-2.4.7-5 automake: automake (GNU automake) 1.16.5 autoconf: autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.71
AUTHOR¶
Written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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 2022 | GNU libtool 2.4.7 |