libtool

GNU libtool is a generic library support script. Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface. See documentation

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/libtool as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/libtool)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/libtool)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/libtool --binlink

will add the following binaries to the PATH:

• /bin/libtool
• /bin/libtoolize

For example:

$ hab pkg install core/libtool --binlink
» Installing core/libtool
☁ Determining latest version of core/libtool in the 'stable' channel
→ Found newer installed version (core/libtool/2.4.6/20200612110137) than remote version (core/libtool/2.4.6/20200305233901)
→ Using core/libtool/2.4.6/20200612110137
★ Install of core/libtool/2.4.6/20200612110137 complete with 0 new packages installed.
» Binlinking libtoolize from core/libtool/2.4.6/20200612110137 into /bin
★ Binlinked libtoolize from core/libtool/2.4.6/20200612110137 to /bin/libtoolize
» Binlinking libtool from core/libtool/2.4.6/20200612110137 into /bin
★ Binlinked libtool from core/libtool/2.4.6/20200612110137 to /bin/libtool

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example:

/bin/libtool --help or libtool --help

$ libtool --help
Usage: /bin/libtool [OPTION]... [MODE-ARG]...

Provide generalized library-building support services.

Options:
       --config             show all configuration variables
       --debug              enable verbose shell tracing
   -n, --dry-run            display commands without modifying any files
       --features           display basic configuration information and exit
       --mode=MODE          use operation mode MODE
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