LLVM-INSTALL-NAME-TOOL(1)

💅 LLVM-INSTALL-NAME-TOOL 💅

okay bestie so this is the llvm-install-name-tool page from the LLVM manual, and i'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 1am 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

llvm-install-name-tool — the LLVM tool for manipulating install-names and rpaths, no cap 🔥

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

llvm-install-name-tool [options] input

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so llvm-install-name-tool is literally the tool you use to mess with dynamic shared library install names and rpaths that are listed in a Mach-O binary. it's giving surgeon but make it linker-adjacent 💅

and here's the slay: for most scenarios, it works as a drop-in replacement for Apple's install_name_tool. iykyk 😌✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay so the rules first, bestie, because they matter: at least one of the following options is required, and some options can be combined with other options. the options -add_rpath, -delete_rpath, and -rpath can be combined in an invocation only if they do not share the same <rpath> value. that's the whole vibe check, don't fight it 🫶

• -add_rpath <rpath> — adds an rpath named <rpath> to the specified binary. you can specify it multiple times to add multiple rpaths. throws an error if <rpath> is already listed in the binary 🙈
• -change <old_install_name> <new_install_name> — changes an install name <old_install_name> to <new_install_name> in the specified binary. can be specified multiple times to change multiple dependent shared library install names. the option is ignored if <old_install_name> is not listed in the specified binary 💫
• -delete_rpath <rpath> — deletes an rpath named <rpath> from the specified binary. can be specified multiple times to delete multiple rpaths. throws an error if <rpath> is not listed in the binary 💀
• -delete_all_rpaths — deletes all rpaths from the binary. yes, all of them. it's giving spring cleaning 🧹✨
• --help, -h — prints a summary of command line options. the classic, the icon, the legend 👑
• -id <name> — changes the shared library's identification name under LC_ID_DYLIB to <name> in the specified binary. if specified multiple times, only the last -id option is selected. the option is ignored if the specified Mach-O binary is not a dynamic shared library 🌈
• -o <file>, --output <file> — writes the modified binary to <file> instead of updating the input file in place. main character energy: no destructive edits unless you ask 🎀
• -rpath <old_rpath> <new_rpath> — changes an rpath named <old_rpath> to <new_rpath> in the specified binary. can be specified multiple times to change multiple rpaths. throws an error if <old_rpath> is not listed in the binary or <new_rpath> is already listed in the binary 😭
• --version, -V — displays the version of the llvm-install-name-tool executable. love a little self-intro, periodt 💜

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⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

llvm-install-name-tool exits with a non-zero exit code if there is an error. otherwise, it exits with code 0. simple as that, bestie 💖

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🍓 BUGS 🍓

to report bugs, please visit:

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/labels/tools:llvm-objcopy/strip/

go be a snitch, it's for the greater good 🧚✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• llvm-objcopy(1) — the sibling, the other one, the linked one 💫

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/) — shoutout the whole team fr fr 🫶

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🌸 COPYRIGHT 🌸

2003-2026, LLVM Project 💅

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and that's the page!! mwah 💖 this was page 23, dated 2026-10-06, from the LLVM-INSTALL-NAME-TOOL(1) manual — go forth and rename ur install names, bestie, you're gonna slay 🦋🎀✨