8.43. Libelf from Elfutils-0.179

Libelf is a library for handling ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) files.

Approximate build time: 1.0 SBU

Required disk space: 121 MB

8.43.1. Installation of Libelf

Libelf is part of elfutils-0.179 package. Use the elfutils-0.179.tar.bz2 as the source tarball.

Prepare Libelf for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-debuginfod

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install only Libelf:

make -C libelf install
install -vm644 config/libelf.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig
rm /usr/lib/libelf.a

Installed Library: libelf.so

Installed Directory: /usr/include/elfutils