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How do I run Ldconfig?
while ldconfig is inside /sbin which is outside the PATH, so you have then either to run the commands by absolute path like /sbin/ldconfig or correct your path.
What is Ld_library_path?
In Linux, the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH is a colon-separated set of directories where libraries should be searched for first, before the standard set of directories; this is useful when debugging a new library or using a nonstandard library for special purposes.
What is Ld_preload?
LD_PRELOAD is an optional environmental variable containing one or more paths to shared libraries, or shared objects, that the loader will load before any other shared library including the C runtime library (libc.so) This is called preloading a library.
Why is Ldconfig needed?
ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache to the most recent shared libraries found in the directories specified on the command line, in the file /etc/ld. conf file format allows the specification of an expected type. This is used only for those ELF libraries which we can not work out.
What is GCC RPATH?
In computing, rpath designates the run-time search path hard-coded in an executable file or library. Dynamic linking loaders use the rpath to find required libraries. Specifically, it encodes a path to shared libraries into the header of an executable (or another shared library).
What is Ldconfig?
Description. ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache to the most recent shared libraries found in the directories specified on the command line, in the file /etc/ld. so. conf, and in the trusted directories (/lib and /usr/lib). The cache is used by the run-time linker, ld.so or ld-linux.so.
What is ldldconfig and how does it work?
ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache to the most recent shared libraries found in the directories specified on the command line, in the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and in the trusted directories ( /lib and /usr/lib ).
How does the ldconfig cache work?
The cache is used by the run-time linker, ld.so or ld-linux.so. ldconfig checks the header and filenames of the libraries it encounters when determining which versions should have their links updated. ldconfig will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libs (ie. libc5 or libc6/glibc) based on what C libs, if any, the library was linked against.
Why am I getting ldconfig -V error?
Sometimes when you do ldconfig -v, you might get the following error. This is because the directory referred by some of the *.conf file located under /etc/ld.so.conf.d is not valid, and contains directory names that doesn’t exist. Note: You can either ignore these error mesages are remove those *.conf files from the /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory.
What is the format of ldconfig in Linux?
The format is “dirname=TYPE”, where TYPE can be libc4, libc5, or libc6. (This syntax also works on the command line.) Spaces are not allowed. Also see the -p option. ldconfig should normally be run by the superuser as it may require write permission on some root owned directories and files.