libtool - Man Page

• Compile a source file into a libtool object: libtool --mode=compile gcc -c path/to/source.c -o path/to/source.lo
• Create a library or an executable: libtool --mode=link gcc -o path/to/library.lo path/to/source.lo
• Automatically set the library path so that another program can use uninstalled libtool generated programs or libraries: libtool --mode=execute gdb path/to/program
• Install a shared library: libtool --mode=install cp path/to/library.la path/to/installation_directory
• Complete the installation of libtool libraries on the system: libtool --mode=finish path/to/installation_dir
• Delete installed libraries or executables: libtool --mode=uninstall path/to/installed_library.la
• Delete uninstalled libraries or executables: libtool --mode=clean rm path/to/source.lo path/to/library.la

tldr.sh

libtool [OPTION]... [MODE-ARG]...

Provide generalized library-building support services.

--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

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

Copyright © 2024 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)

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.

autoconf(1), autoheader(1), autom4te(1), autoreconf(1), autoscan(1), autoupdate(1), ifnames(1), krb5_pwcheck(3), root-config(1).