Linux Administration/Installation/Shared Libraries

This lesson covers shared libraries.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the shared libraries portion of Linux+ certification include:
 * Manage shared libraries
 * Identify shared libraries
 * Identify the typical locations of system libraries
 * Load shared libraries
 * The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
 * ldd
 * ldconfig
 * /etc/ld.so.conf
 * LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Readings

 * 1)  Library (computing)
 * 2)  Static library
 * 3)  ldd (Unix)

Activities

 * 1) Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Manage shared libraries

Lesson Summary

 * is used to temporarily substitute a different library for this particular execution and is handy for development and testing.
 * configures dynamic linker run-time bindings.
 * prints the lists of directories and candidate libraries stored in the current cache.
 * processes only the directories specified on the command line and don't rebuild the cache.
 * prints program version.
 * prints shared object dependencies.
 * prints shared object dependencies.