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2.2. Libraries

Library
libc
libm
libstdc++

2.3. Auxiliary Development Tools

The following components are also provided for general development:
Component
as
info
man
The GNU binary utilities provide functionality beyond the main development tools (refer to Using
binutils, the Gnu Binary Utilities).
Utility
addr2line
ar
c++filt
dlltool
nm
objcopy
objdump
ranlib
readelf
size
strings
strip
2.4.

, the GNU Compiler Collection

gcc
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), is a complete set of tools for compiling programs written in
C, C++, Objective C, or languages for which you have installed front-ends. The GNU compiler uses
the following utilities:
Description
ANSI C runtime library
C math subroutine library
C++ class library
Description
Assembler (refer to Section 2.6
Gnu Assembler)
Online documentation tools (refer to Section 2.12 Using info, the
Documentation Tools)
pages, the standard UNIX online documentation
man
Description
Converts addresses into file names and line numbers
Creates, modifies and extracts from object code archives
Demangles and deciphers encoded C++ symbol names
Creates files for builds, using dynamic link libraries (DLLs)
Lists symbols from object files
Copies and translates object files
Displays information from object files
Generates index to archive contents
Displays information about ELF format object files
Lists file section sizes and total sizes
Lists printable strings from files
Discards symbols
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