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I have a shared library with soname: libfoo.so
How do I link my binary to libfoo.so such that the shared library name in my binary’s ELF section is: libfoo5.so?
I tried creating a symlink: libfoo5.so -> libfoo.so, and then linking my library as such:
g++ ... -o mybinary *.o -Lpath -lfoo5
However, when I print out the dynamic section in my ELF binary, it reads:
readelf -d mybinary
I still get:
Shared library: [libfoo.so]
You usually do it when building the shared library. There is a linker option called “soname” that sets it.
I don’t know off-hand if you can edit it after the build, but if its possible it is probably included in the package called “elfutils”. That package contains several programs designed to manipulate ELF object files.