Building a Shared Library

Building shared libraries portably is a relatively complex matter. For this reason, GNU Libtool (see Introduction) was created to help build shared libraries in a platform-independent way.

• Libtool Concept: Introducing Libtool
• Libtool Libraries: Declaring Libtool Libraries
• Conditional Libtool Libraries: Building Libtool Libraries Conditionally
• Conditional Libtool Sources: Choosing Library Sources Conditionally
• Libtool Convenience Libraries: Building Convenience Libtool Libraries
• Libtool Modules: Building Libtool Modules
• Libtool Flags: Using _LIBADD and _LDFLAGS
• LTLIBOBJ: Using $(LTLIBOBJ)
• Libtool Issues: Common Issues Related to Libtool's Use