Using ldconfig on Linux

Question

Let\'s say I \'ve added a library foo.so.1.1.1 to a path that is included in /etc/ld.so.conf When I run ldconfig on the system I get the links foo.so.1.1 and foo.so

Answer 1

Just make the symlink yourself:

ln -s /usr/lib/foo.so.1.1.1 /usr/lib/foo.so

Note that for applications to use libraries in this manner, they need to be explicitly linked against the unversioned shared object. IE: this is a mechanism to bypass the dynamic loader's version matching system completely.