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<sect1 id="ch-system-libtool" role="wrap">
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  <title>Libtool-&libtool-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool">
    <primary sortas="a-Libtool">Libtool</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script.
    It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable
    interface.</para>

  </sect2>

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  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Libtool</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Libtool for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
    --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-libtool" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Libtool</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>libtool and libtoolize</seg>
        <seg>libltdl.[a,so]</seg>
      </seglistitem>
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      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="libtool">
        <term><command>libtool</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Provides generalized library-building support services</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool">
            <primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libtoolize">
        <term><command>libtoolize</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Provides a standard way to add <command>libtool</command> support
          to a package</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize">
            <primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libltdl">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl">
            <primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
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