Hi qcp, > I have a shared library A which uses shared library B, and an application P > which relies on A. > > I don't want to link P against A and B, but to link P against A only, and A > against B (and somehow hide B to P) > > How can I do ? > > The shared libraries are generated with 'g++ -shared...' > > Thanks for your answers g++ -o P P.cpp -lA That will make P directly dependent on libA.so, and not directly dependent on libB.so (although it is indirectly dependent on libB.so, via libA.so). You can use... ldd P ...to display the dependencies. Depending on your ldd, it may-or-may-not show indirect dependencies as well. Check your platform's "man ldd" for relevant flags. HTH, --Eljay