on debian: dpkg -l | grep `dpkg -S libark.so | cut -d":" -f1 | sed -n -e '1,1p'` on RH rpm -qf /usr/lib/libark.so where libark.so is the library name Samantha On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Sonawane, Rahul (Rahul) wrote: > Hi, > I need to know the version of a library in linux. The library name is something like libsys.so. The name does not specify the version. > Thank you in advance, > Rahul. > > -Samantha -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/