%general-entities; ]> Libtool N32 echo "lt_cv_sys_dlsearch_path='/lib32 /usr/lib32 /usr/local/lib32 /opt/lib32'" > config.cache CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --libdir=/usr/lib32 --cache-file=config.cache To test the results, identify the correct emulation, then issue: make LDEMULATION=[emulation] check. The correct emulation will be elf32btsmipn32 for a big-endian machine and elf32ltsmipn32 for a little-endian machine. mv -v /usr/bin/libtool{,-n32}