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Asked: 2026-05-22T21:06:56+00:00

How can I easily find out the direct shared object dependencies of a Linux

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How can I easily find out the direct shared object dependencies of a Linux binary in ELF format?

I’m aware of the ldd tool, but that appears to output all dependencies of a binary, including the dependencies of any shared objects that binary is dependent on.

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    You can use readelf to explore the ELF headers. readelf -d will list the direct dependencies as NEEDED sections.

     $ readelf -d elfbin

Dynamic section at offset 0xe30 contains 22 entries:
  Tag        Type                         Name/Value
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libssl.so.1.0.0]
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libc.so.6]
 0x000000000000000c (INIT)               0x400520
 0x000000000000000d (FINI)               0x400758
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