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how to check glibc version?

hi,
any method to check glibc version using in my linux box?
anyone have idea on this?

thanks,

jim

Hi Jim,

Here is an answer from the "Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU C Library" (the FAQ):

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4.9.        How can I find out which version of glibc I am using in the moment?



{UD} If you want to find out about the version from the command line simply

run the libc binary.  This is probably not possible on all platforms but

where it is simply locate the libc DSO and start it as an application.  On

Linux like



        /lib/libc.so.6



This will produce all the information you need.



What always will work is to use the API glibc provides.  Compile and run the

following little program to get the version information:



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

#include <stdio.h>

#include <gnu/libc-version.h>

int main (void) { puts (gnu_get_libc_version ()); return 0; }

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



This interface can also obviously be used to perform tests at runtime if

this should be necessary.

BTW: the "{UD}" in that FAQ entry is the initials of the author. But don't contact Ulrich Drepper till you have tried everything in his FAQ entry first.

Just execute:

ldd --version

which comes with glibc package

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickols_k (Post 3842423)

Just execute:

ldd --version

which comes with glibc package

thanks for the quick command, was looking for this.

Thanks a lot, I was looking for this

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickols_k (Post 3842423)

Just execute:

ldd --version

which comes with glibc package

Thanks