A.30. Libtool

A.30.1. Official Download Location

Libtool (1.5): 
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/

A.30.2. Contents of Libtool

GNU libtool is a generic library support script. Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface.

Installed programs: libtool and libtoolize

Installed libraries: libltdl.[a,so].

A.30.3.

A.30.4. Short descriptions

libtool provides generalized library-building support services.

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

libltdl hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries.

A.30.5.

A.30.6. Libtool Installation Dependencies

Libtool depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.