Linux, Rev and dependencies ?

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 04/02/2010 18:45, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> Richmond Mathewson wrote:
>
>> Err . . . does www.runrev.com have a nifty little page where the 
>> dependencies
>> are listed?
>>
>> Ah, I thought not!
>
> I only know three words in UNIX, and that's because I have to 
> copy/paste them into the occasional tech support response. 
> But...doesn't "ldd" work? That's supposed to give you that info. 
> Typical output:
>
> ldd revolution.x86
> linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7edb000)
> libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7e0f000)
> libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7e01000)
> libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7ddc000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7caf000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f08000)
>
> If anything on the right hand side is missing then there are missing 
> libraries.
>
Err . . . well that means you know 3 more words than me; grunt, grunt  . 
. .  :)

Thanks for the tip.