to know whether a library is installed or not

shamju · 09-01-2006, 05:16 AM

How to know whether a library is installed or not in Linux?

Tuttle · 09-01-2006, 05:30 AM

find /usr/lib [libname]

If that doesn't bring up a result... you might not have it! Replace /usr/lib with / that will search the entire file-system.
If you use a distro with package management you best bet is to open the package manager and search within that.

gurudattbalaji · 09-01-2006, 05:43 AM

I'm new to this forum. trying to understand LINUX and using RED HAD 8.X. Interested in knowing in how it works.

Hope to learn a lot and looking forward to work with all of you in the future.

Tuttle · 09-01-2006, 05:57 AM

Redhat uses "rpm" (Redhat package management). Redhat 8 is very old. I would suggest downloading a modern distro like fedora (based on redhat) and try it on a spare computer. It will teach you alot. If you must use Redhat 8, just do a search in the LQ.org Redhat section for package management stuff, also, open a terminal and type "man rpm" then press enter key. Read it, press "q" to exit. There is a "man" (manual) page for every command on your system.