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Building Libtool Libraries

Automake uses libtool to build libraries declared with the LTLIBRARIES primary. Each _LTLIBRARIES variable is a list of libtool libraries to build. For instance, to create a libtool library named libgettext.la, and install it in libdir, write:

     lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgettext.la
     libgettext_la_SOURCES = gettext.c gettext.h ...
     

Automake predefines the variable pkglibdir, so you can use pkglib_LTLIBRARIES to install libraries in $(libdir)/@PACKAGE@/.