MKLIBS(1)

💖 MKLIBS(1) — the Debian User's Manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're talking about mklibs, which is a page from the Debian User's Manual and honestly? it's giving minimalism in the best way possible. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mklibs — make a minimal set of libraries 🎀

like... that's it. that's the whole name section. she's concise. she knows her worth. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mklibs [OPTION]... -d DESTINATION FILE...

that's the whole vibe check right there. options, a destination, and then a whole pile of files. periodt. 👑

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here's the tea ☕: mklibs takes the minimal set of libraries that your FILE(s) actually need — not the whole entire library ecosystem, just the bare necessities, the main character essentials — and it places them in DESTINATION. 💖

that's it. no drama, no bloat, just exactly what's required. she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single flag, no skips, no cap:

• -d DESTINATION, --dest-dir DESTINATION — drop the libraries into DESTINATION. this is where the magic lands. 🏠
• -D, --no-default-lib — skip the default library path entirely. omit it. ghost it. bye bestie 👋
• -L LIBDIR[:LIBDIR]... — prepend your LIBDIR(s) to the library search path. yes, you can stack them with colons, she supports the polycule 💜
• --ldlib LDLIB — use LDLIB as the dynamic linker. swapping out the linker like it's a new outfit 🎀
• --libc-extras-dir EXTRADIR — use EXTRADIR to find the extra libc files. the bonus content, the deleted scenes, the extras 🍓
• --target TARGET — prepend TARGET- to the gcc and binutils calls. cross-compiling girlies, this one's for you 🌍
• --root ROOT — search in ROOT- for library rpaths. note the hyphen, it's part of the deal 🧚
• --sysroot SYSROOT — locate libraries and their associated files relative to SYSROOT. the whole world lives inside this one directory 🌐
• --gcc-options OPTIONS — pass OPTIONS straight to the compiler when relinking. hand her a lil note, she'll deliver it 💌
• --libdir DIR — use DIR in place of lib in the default library paths. for example, lib64. glow-up for your directory names ✨
• -v, --verbose — explain what is being done. she'll narrate her whole process, and honestly? we love a girl who overshares 🗣️
• -h, --help — display help and exit. when in doubt, ask for help, then leave. self-care 💅

💀 BUGS 💀

bestie, listen carefully. mklibs does not support the --dry-run and --version options that mklibs.sh supports. 😭

so if you're out here trying --dry-run like it's a dress rehearsal — nope. no rehearsal. we go live. and --version? not here either. she doesn't do numbers, she does libraries. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Matt Kraai. thank you for your service, king 🫡💖

and that's the whole page, fr fr. this one shipped with Debian, dated 2002-07-07, and lives under MKLIBS(1) in the manual. vintage but still slaying, lowkey highkey iconic. 🌟

go make something minimal, bestie. your DESTINATION is waiting. 💅🎀🦋