chapter06/libtool.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-libtool" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="libtool.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>libtool</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&libtool-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&libtool-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Libtool-&libtool-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Libtool">Libtool</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script.
  27     It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable
  28     interface.</para>
  29
  30     <segmentedlist>
  31       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  32       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  33
  34       <seglistitem>
  35         <seg>&libtool-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  36         <seg>&libtool-ch6-du;</seg>
  37       </seglistitem>
  38     </segmentedlist>
  39
  40   </sect2>
  41
  42   <sect2 role="installation">
  43     <title>Installation of Libtool</title>
  44
  45     <para>Prepare Libtool for compilation:</para>
  46
  47 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
  48
  49     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  50
  51 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  52
  53     <para>To test the results (about 11.0 SBU), issue:</para>
  54
  55 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  56
  57     <para>Five tests are known to fail in the LFS build envronment due
  58     to a circular dependency, but all tests pass if rechecked after
  59     automake is installed.</para>
  60
  61     <para>Install the package:</para>
  62
  63 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  64
  65   </sect2>
  66
  67
  68   <sect2 id="contents-libtool" role="content">
  69     <title>Contents of Libtool</title>
  70
  71     <segmentedlist>
  72       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  73       <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
  74       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  75
  76       <seglistitem>
  77         <seg>libtool and libtoolize</seg>
  78         <seg>libltdl.{a,so}</seg>
  79         <seg>/usr/include/libltdl and /usr/share/libtool</seg>
  80       </seglistitem>
  81     </segmentedlist>
  82
  83     <variablelist>
  84       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  85       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  86       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  87
  88       <varlistentry id="libtool">
  89         <term><command>libtool</command></term>
  90         <listitem>
  91           <para>Provides generalized library-building support services</para>
  92           <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool">
  93             <primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary>
  94           </indexterm>
  95         </listitem>
  96       </varlistentry>
  97
  98       <varlistentry id="libtoolize">
  99         <term><command>libtoolize</command></term>
 100         <listitem>
 101           <para>Provides a standard way to add <command>libtool</command>
 102           support to a package</para>
 103           <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize">
 104             <primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary>
 105           </indexterm>
 106         </listitem>
 107       </varlistentry>
 108
 109       <varlistentry id="libltdl">
 110         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term>
 111         <listitem>
 112           <para>Hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries</para>
 113           <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl">
 114             <primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary>
 115           </indexterm>
 116         </listitem>
 117       </varlistentry>
 118
 119     </variablelist>
 120
 121   </sect2>
 122
 123 </sect1>