how to know dependencies of library file?

shamju · 09-25-2006, 11:23 AM

We can use ldd to know the dependencies of a dynamic library (.so).
How will we know the same for static library? I got error When I tried ldd
with a static library (.a) This is listed below. Can someone please tell
me the reason?

[root@localhost flirt-20060121]# ldd libflirt.a
ldd: warning: you do not have execution permission for `./libflirt.a'
not a dynamic executable

But this libflirt.a is a working library file.

thanks
shamju joseph

m0rg · 09-25-2006, 11:26 AM

Quote:

[root@localhost flirt-20060121]# ldd libflirt.a
ldd: warning: you do not have execution permission for `./libflirt.a'

I think your answer is in the question...you don't have the execution permission to run ldd on that file. Try some chmod if you can...

shamju · 09-25-2006, 12:53 PM

I've changed the permission but still error is there!

[root@localhost flirt-20060121]# chmod 777 libflirt.a

root@localhost flirt-20060121]# ls -l libflirt.a
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1752280 Sep 25 19:58 libflirt.a

[root@localhost flirt-20060121]# ldd libflirt.a
not a dynamic executable
[root@localhost flirt-20060121]#