Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:46:50 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: mcquiggi@sfu.ca (Kevin McQuiggin) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Determining needed libraries for X Message-ID: <199608080746.JAA17215@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199608080451.EAA18695@fraser.sfu.ca> from Kevin McQuiggin at "Aug 7, 96 09:51:35 pm"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> Hi All: > > I asked this question a couple of weeks ago, but have lost the answer > to it. It's sort of a unix question, but as I'm involved in > installing packages under X, it applies here as well. > > When I install a new package, how can I determine which libraries > will be required? Otherwise I get prompted one by one and have to > locate/install them from the CD. > > There's a simple utility/command that you run on the executable and > it spits out just the names of the external libraries the program > uses. Run ldd on the executable. This gives you a list of shared libs and tells you whether the libs are found or not. > > I've racked my brain (and looked for the little bit of paper that got > lost) but can't recall it. It's NOT nm, which gives a ton of info. > This command just spits out the needed libraries one per line. I do > recall that it's a command/utility with one or two modifiers. > > I'm going nuts! I can't remember it! Any help appreciated. > > Kevin > > -- > Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD > mcquiggi@sfu.ca > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199608080746.JAA17215>