libtoolize(1)

libtoolize1

Prepare a package to use libtool

Usage

libtoolize [OPTION] ...

Overview

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) 2.6.2

automake:

automake (GNU automake) 1.18.1

autoconf:

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.73

Releases

15 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 12 times.

  1. 2.1
  2. 2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1
  5. 4.0–6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. Arch

--debug since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --install since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --ltdl since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --no-warnings since Debian 9 (Stretch); --nonrecursive since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --quiet since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --recursive since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --subproject since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --verbose since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --warnings since Debian 9 (Stretch); -W since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -i since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -q since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -v since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

--automake until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --ltdl-tar until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --no-warn until Debian 8 (Jessie).

Author

Written by Gary V. Vaughan <[email protected]>, 2003

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
GNU libtool home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/>.
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

From libtool 2.6.2-5 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.