Re: [techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-02 Thread 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@malkav:/usr/lib# ls -l libxml* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 374538 May 30 00:56 libxml.a -rwxr-xr-x

Re: [techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-02 Thread Magni Onsoien
Subba Rao: > 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? If it's an rpm-based s

Re: [techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-02 Thread eito
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 06:52:54AM +, Subba Rao wrote: > 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 vers

Re: [techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-02 Thread Subba Rao
On 0, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 g

Re: [techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-01 Thread Jeff Dike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 librarie

[techtalk] Finding out the library versions

2000-09-01 Thread Subba Rao
Hi, I am trying to upgrade some libraries and would like to find out what version is installed on my system. I have tried the "strings" command but am getting more confusing version numbers for each file. The "ldd" and "ldconfig" command did not help that much. How do I find out what version of