6.25. Installing Libtool

6.25.1. Installation of Libtool

Install Libtool by running the following commands:


./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

6.25.2. Contents

The Libtool package contains the libtool and libtoolize programs. It also contains the ltdl library.

6.25.3. Description

6.25.3.1. libtool

Libtool provides generalized library-building support services.

6.25.3.2. libtoolize

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

6.25.3.3. ltdl library

Libtool provides a small library, called `libltdl', that aims at hiding the various difficulties of dlopening libraries from programmers.