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deb-shlibs(5)                  dpkg suite                  deb-shlibs(5)

NAME

       deb-shlibs - Debian shared library information file

SYNOPSIS

       debian/shlibs, debian/binary-name.shlibs, DEBIAN/shlibs

DESCRIPTION

       shlibs files map shared library names and versions (SONAMEs) to
       dependencies suitable for a package control file.  There is one
       entry per line.  Blank lines are not allowed.  Lines beginning
       with a # character are considered commentary, and are ignored.
       All other lines must have the format:

           [type:] library version dependencies

       The library and version fields are whitespace-delimited, but the
       dependencies field extends to the end of the line.  The type
       field is optional and normally not needed.

       The dependencies field has the same syntax as the Depends field
       in a binary control file, see deb-control(5).

SONAME FORMATS

       The SONAME formats supported are:

           name.so.version

       and

           name-version.so

       where name is usually prefixed by lib.

       The former tends to be used by shared libraries with stable
       interfaces.  The latter by shared libraries with unstable
       interfaces, where the whole version becomes part of the SONAME
       and needs to be specified in full when linking against those
       libraries.

EXAMPLES

       The shlibs file for a typical library package, named libcrunch1,
       that provides one library whose SONAME is libcrunch.so.1, might
       read

        libcrunch 1 libcrunch1 (>= 1.2-1)

       The dependencies must mention the most recent version of the
       package that added new symbols to the library: in the above
       example, new symbols were added to version 1.2 of libcrunch.
       This is not the only reason the dependencies might need to be
       tightened.

SEE ALSO

       deb-control(5), deb-symbols(5), dpkg-shlibdeps(1).

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1.22.6-77-g86fe7               2024-03-10                  deb-shlibs(5)

Pages that refer to this page: dpkg-shlibdeps(1), deb(5)

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