libtoolize - Man Page

manual page for libtoolize 2.4.7

Examples (TL;DR)

Synopsis

libtoolize [OPTION]...

Description

Prepare a package to use libtool.

Options

-c,  --copy

copy files rather than symlinking them

--debug

enable verbose shell tracing

-n,  --dry-run

print commands rather than running them

-f,  --force

replace existing files

-i,  --install

copy missing auxiliary files

--ltdl[=DIR]

install libltdl sources [default: libltdl]

--no-warnings

equivalent to '-Wnone'

--nonrecursive

prepare ltdl for non-recursive make

-q,  --quiet

work silently

--recursive

prepare ltdl for recursive make

--subproject

prepare ltdl to configure and build independently

-v,  --verbose

verbosely report processing

--version

print version information and exit

-W,  --warnings=CATEGORY

report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [all]

-h,  --help

print short or long help message

Warning categories include

'all'

show all warnings

'none'

turn off all the warnings

'error'

warnings are treated as fatal errors

'environment'

show warnings about LIBTOOLIZE_OPTIONS content

'file'

show warnings about file copying and linking

The following space or comma delimited options can be passed to libtoolize via the environment variable LIBTOOLIZE_OPTIONS, unknown environment options are ignored:

--debug

enable verbose shell tracing

--no-warnings

don't display warning messages

--quiet

work silently

--verbose

verbosely report processing

You must 'cd' to the top directory of your package before you run 'libtoolize'.

When reporting a bug, please describe a test case to reproduce it and include the following information:

host-triplet:

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

version:

libtoolize (GNU libtool) 2.4.7

automake:

automake (GNU automake) 1.16.3

autoconf:

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69

Author

Written by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>, 2003

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>.
GNU libtool home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

See Also

The full documentation for libtoolize is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and libtoolize programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info libtoolize

should give you access to the complete manual.

Info

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