6.48. Libelf 0.170

Libelf is a library for handling ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) files.

Approximate build time: 0.6 SBU

Required disk space: 74 MB

6.48.1. Installation of Libelf

Libelf is part of elfutils-0.170 package. Use the elfutils-0.170.tar.xz as the source tarball.

Prepare Libelf for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue make check.

Install only Libelf:

make -C libelf install
install -vm644 config/libelf.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig

Installed Library: libelf.so