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ldconfig: add page #1536

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# ldconfig

> Configure symlinks and cache for shared library dependencies.

- Update symlinks and rebuild the cache. (Usually run when a new library is installed):
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Don't think the full stop is needed here. Also, I'm not sure that Usually needs a capital letter at the beginning.

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done


`sudo ldconfig`

- Update symlinks for a given directory:
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Perhaps Update symlinks -> Update the symlinks reads better?


`sudo ldconfig -n {{path/to/directory}}`

- Print the libraries in the cache and check whether a given library is present:
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Perhaps just including the ldconfig -p bit would be ok? Not sure.

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You would almost always never use ldconfig -p without wanting to check for a particular library. This is how the -p flag is commonly used and in the interest of putting useful and practical examples, I have added the grep line.

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Ahh ok. Looks good to me then!


`ldconfig -p | grep {{library_name}}`