Name
ldconfig
Synopsis
ldconfig [options
]directories
System administration command. Examine the libraries in the given directories, /etc/ld.so.conf, /usr/lib, and /lib; update links and cache where necessary. Usually run in startup files or after the installation of new shared libraries.
Options
- -D
Debug mode. Suppress all normal operations.
- -l
Library mode. Expect libraries as arguments, not directories. Manually link specified libraries.
- -n
Suppress examination of /usr/lib and /lib and reading of /etc/ld.so.conf; do not cache.
- -N
Do not cache; only link.
- -p
Print all directories and candidate libraries in the cache. Used without arguments.
- -v
Verbose mode. Include version number, and announce each directory as it is scanned and links as they are created.
- -X
Do not link; only rebuild cache.
Files
- /lib/ld.so
Linker and loader.
- /etc/ld.so.conf
List of directories that contain libraries.
- /etc/ld.so.cache
List of the libraries found in those libraries mentioned in /etc/ld.so.conf.
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