Re: dependencies

[Richard Harran <95rmwh@eng.cam.ac.uk>]

ldd <binary-executable>
list the dynamic libraries which the binary executable requires.

A really good tip for finding out what the name of a command is (which I
stumbled across in the Debian Users Manual) is:
	apropos <keyword>
which lists appropriate man page titles with a brief overview.  eg:
	$ apropos library
	GDBM_File (3pm)      - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
	dh_shlibdeps (1)     - calculate shared library dependancies
	hdf (5)              - Hierarchical Data Format library
	hosts_access (3)     - access control library
	intro (3)            - Introduction to library functions
	ldd (1)              - print shared library dependencies
	paperdone (3paper)   - begin and end using the paper library
	paperinit (3paper)   - begin and end using the paper library
	resolv+ (8)          - enhanced DNS resolver library
	stdio (3)            - standard input/output library functions
	svgalib (7vga)       - a low level graphics library for linux
	undocumented (3)     - undocumented library functions
	uselib (2)           - select shared library
	(7vga)               - a fast framebuffer-level graphics library
				 based ion svgalib

and there is ldd.

HTH
Rich

ktb wrote:
> 
> A few weeks ago someone posted a command that showed the dependencies of
> a program.  I must have inadvertently deleted it and can't find it in
> the archives.  Anyway I would like to know how to reveal what libs a
> program uses or needs and once I find the libs know how to find the
> package the libs reside in. How do I do this?
> Thanks,
> kent
> 
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