[quote="keydet89]and they don't code, let alone compile tools.
Compiling and installing a tool does NOT require coding experience. Often, with open source tools all you need to do is follow the instructions in any installation text documentation usually found in the repository.
Often this is as simple as following a recipe.
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Joachim Metz has a tool 'libnk2-devel-20170605-1.fc26.i686'
available at forensic.cert.org has libraries and tools to access link files.
I've never used this tool but the documentation suggests it is for examining nickfile (NK2) objects and NOT Windows Link Files (a.k.a. 'shortcuts')
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Bowing to peer pressure wink I've produced some binaries
My suggestion would be to download the required one and just rename it to 'lifer' to avoid any unnecessary typing on the command-line.