On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 11:31, Kacvinsky, Tom via Gcc-help <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I think it would be nice if libstdc++.so.6 had a --version option, much like > libc.so.6 has. Because I was reading this > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10354636/how-do-you-find-what-version-of-libstdc-library-is-installed-on-your-linux-mac > > and it seems to be a little bit convoluted to find the libstdc++.so.6 > version. > > Thoughts? As my SO answer says, the version of libstdc++ probably isn't what you want to know. Why do you want to know the version of libstdc++.so.6 rather than the version of GCC?