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LIBTOOL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
Warning categories include:
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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

--finish

use operation ’--mode=finish’

--mode = MODE

use operation mode MODE

--no-finish

don’t update shared library cache

--no-quiet , --no-silent

print default informational messages

--no-warnings

equivalent to ’-Wnone’

--preserve-dup-deps

don’t remove duplicate dependency libraries

--quiet , --silent

don’t print informational messages

--reorder-cache = DIRS

reorder shared library cache for preferred DIRS

--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: <https://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 -Werror = implicit-function-declaration -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat -Werror = format-security -fcf-protection linker: /usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64 (gnu? yes) version: libtool (GNU libtool) 2.5.4 Debian-2.5.4-4 automake: automake (GNU automake) 1.17 autoconf: autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.72

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Originally written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996 (See AUTHORS for complete contributor listing)