Hi,
On Windows there is a tool Depends.exe to discover dependency of an EXE/DLL file on other DDLs. Which commandline tool is equivalent on Mac OS and Linux? Please kindly advise. Thank you!
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A:
try ldd in the terminal. This will provide you a list of dynamic libraries that the binary needs.
chuan
2009-06-29 08:50:27
Thank you for the prompt reply! It was as simple as:ldd /path/to/executable_or_dyliband the verbose version:ldd -v /path/to/executable_or_dylib
Viet
2009-06-29 08:54:53
It runs perfectly for executables. When I run ldd aDynamicLib.so in Ubuntu 9.04, it says: "not a dynamic executable". How to discover dependencies of a .so file? Thank you in advance!
Viet
2009-06-29 09:10:42
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- Mac OS X:
otool-Lfile - Linux:
lddfile
If those commands don't provide what you want, on Mac OS X you can dump all the load commands with
otool -l file. On Linux you can dump the entire contents of the dynamic section with readelf -d file.
mark4o
2009-06-29 15:16:31
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You can also try MacDependency (http://macdependency.googlecode.com) which provides an UI replacement for otool on MacOS X. It shows complete dependency trees and the exported symbols as well.
Konrad
2009-09-30 22:39:29