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Name

libtool - manual page for libtool 2.4.2.458.26-92994

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-apple-darwin14.0.0
shell:
,/bin/sh/
compiler:
gcc
compiler flags: -g -O2
linker: ,/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld/ (gnu? no) version: libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.2.458.26-92994 automake: automake (GNU automake) 1.14.1 autoconf: autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69

Author

Written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996

Reporting Bugs

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

Copyright

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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.


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