Re: Why is Guile unable to find libtool?

[Matt Wette]

On 07/26/2018 04:57 PM, Brett Gilio wrote:
> Bruce Korb writes:
>
> >  $ ./configure
> > .........
> > checking for libltdl... no
> > configure: error: GNU libltdl (Libtool) not found, see README.
> >  $ type libtool
> > bash: type: libtool: not found
> >  $ sudo apt install libtool
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > libtool is already the newest version (2.4.6-2).
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 230 not upgraded.
> >  $ sudo apt install libtool-devel
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > E: Unable to locate package libtool-devel
> >  $ type libtool
> > bash: type: libtool: not found
>
> Bruce,
>
> Can you check to see if libtool has a PATH assigned to it?

I think you want `sudo apt install libltdl-dev'

I believe
1) libtool is a script generated in the guile-X.Y.Z top directory as a 
product of configure.
2) The command `apt install libtool-devel' provides the command libtoolize.