sbbdep is a command line tool that analyses the system for binary runtime dependencies of dynamic linked files.
sbbdep provides the following main functionality:
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Dependency queries for
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installed packages
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single binary files
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package folders (DESTDIR targets)
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Different query modes
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what are the dependencies of the given file or package
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what depends on a given file or package
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Different report formats
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a summary list of package names, or a
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detailed report with file-to-file dependency information
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short report to produce *.dep files as used by some build tools
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Fast
For a complex and large package like gimp, sbbdep can report all binary dependencies in less than one second. -
Can be used to generate a dependency file in a build script
sbbdep works also on directories, which is useful formake install DESTDIR=…targets.