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sysroot

The English word “sysroot” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A directory containing all the header files, configuration files and libraries required to build a program, often used in cross-compilation.

Etymology

From sys (“system”) + root (“the highest directory of a directory structure”).

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