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| Developer(s) | GNU Project[1] |
|---|---|
| Initial release | July 9, 1997 |
| Stable release | 2.5.3 (September 25, 2024[2]) [±] |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Library |
| License | GPLv2 |
| Website | www |
In computer programming, GNU Libtool is a software development tool, part of the GNU build system, consisting of a shell script[3] created to address the software portability problem when compiling shared libraries from source code. It hides the differences between computing platforms for the commands which compile shared libraries.[4] It provides a command-line interface that is identical across platforms and it executes the platform's native commands.
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