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

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

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