[techtalk] Finding out the library versions

[Beverly Guillermo]

Hi,

In my experience, since I used slackware, you can find the versions by
changing to the directory of the library and doing an ls -l libxml.* 

Here's the output I get on my system:

root at malkav:/usr/lib# ls -l libxml*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       374538 May 30 00:56 libxml.a
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          634 May 30 00:56 libxml.la
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Jun 15 03:29 libxml.so -> libxml.so.1.8.7
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Jun 15 03:29 libxml.so.1 -> libxml.so.1.8.7
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       374902 May 30 00:56 libxml.so.1.8.7

The trailing numbers give me the version for the library.  I hope that
this helps.

Beverly


On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Subba Rao wrote:

> On  0, Jeff Dike <jdike at karaya.com> wrote:
> > subb3 at attglobal.net said:
> > > How do I find out what version of library is on my system?
> > 
> > On RH (and other rpm distros), you can do this:
> > 
> > ~ 1009: rpm -q -f /lib/libc.so.6 
> > glibc-2.1.1-6
> > 
> > You have to peel off the "1-6" to see that this is glibc 2.1.  Something 
> > similar should work or whatever libraries you're interested in.
> > 
> 
> Thank you for replying.
> 
> I know the solution you are suggesting. I should have been a little more
> precise in what I am looking for. What about files like libvga.a or
> libxml.a, which do not have any links or version numbers in it? How are
> these library versions determined/guessed?
> 
> 

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