installed libtool but libtoolize not found

Question

im trying to build libxml2 from source on my mac.

so i have autoconf libtool and automake installed using mac ports

autoconf and automake seem to be working fine as expected.

i try running autogen.sh first.

libtoolize --version unfortunately gives

-bash: libtoolize: command not found

i try running (again)

sudo port install libtool

--->  Cleaning libtool
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors: 100.0%
--->  No broken files found.

i try

locate libtool

and it seems to be installed fine

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/libtool
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/share/man/man1/libtool.1
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/libtool
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/share/man/man1/libtool.1
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/cross/mipsel-linux-binutils/files/110-uclibc-libtool-conf.patch
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/libtool
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/libtool/Portfile
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/libtool/files
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/libtool/files/ltmain.m4sh-allow-clang-stdlib.diff
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/libtool-devel
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/libtool-devel/Portfile
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/openslp/files/libtool-tags.patch
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/devel/t1lib/files/patch-libtool-tag.diff
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/print/pdflib/files/patch-libtool.diff
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/security/steghide/files/libtool-tag.diff
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/www/apache2/files/libtool-tag.diff
/usr/bin/libtool
/usr/lib/php/build/libtool.m4
/usr/share/apr-1/build-1/libtool
/usr/share/man/man1/libtool.1

how do i get libtoolize to work?

Answer 1

You typically need to use glibtool and glibtoolize, since libtool already exists on OS X as a binary tool for creating Mach-O dynamic libraries. So, that's how MacPorts installs it, using a program name transform, though the port itself is still named 'libtool'.

Some autogen.sh scripts (or their equivalent) will honor the LIBTOOL / LIBTOOLIZE environment variables. I have a line in my own autogen.sh scripts:

case `uname` in Darwin*) glibtoolize --copy ;;
  *) libtoolize --copy ;; esac

You may or may not want the --copy flag.

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Note: If you've installed the autotools using MacPorts, a correctly written configure.ac with Makefile.am files should only require autoreconf -fvi. It should call glibtoolize, etc., as expected. Otherwise, some packages will distribute an autogen.sh or similar script.