Libtool

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Libtool-1.5 in Chapter 6.

Official Download Location

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

Contents of Libtool

(Last checked against version 1.5.)

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].

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.

Libtool Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.4.2.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, nm, ranlib, strip
Coreutils: cat, chmod, cp, echo, expr, hostname, install, ln, ls,
             mkdir, mv, rm, rmdir, sleep, sort, tr, uname, uniq
Diffutils: cmp
GCC: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp
Glibc: ldconfig
Grep: egrep, fgrep, grep
Make: make
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info