8.50. Libelf from Elfutils-0.191

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

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 127 MB

8.50.1. Installation of Libelf

Libelf is part of the elfutils-0.191 package. Use the elfutils-0.191.tar.bz2 file as the source tarball.

Prepare Libelf for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr                \
            --disable-debuginfod         \
            --enable-libdebuginfod=dummy

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Eight tests are known to fail due to incomplete MIPS support.

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

libelf.so

Contains API functions to handle ELF object files