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Reputation: 341

Difference between .so and .so.x

what is the difference between *.so and *.so.x and what does X signify and why this is done in the first place ?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 3200

Answers (1)

Alok Save
Alok Save

Reputation: 206616

.so is a shared object, dynamically linked library. Usually there maybe multiple names for a dynamically linked library, most of the names being names for symbolic links to the remaining name, in these names .x stands for the major version of the library, or the full version number of the particular so

for example, libmylib.so.2 would be the filename for the second major interface revision of the dynamically linked library libmylib

Upvotes: 11

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