A tool that:

• 🌳 turns ldd into a tree
• ☝️ explains how shared libraries are found or why they cannot be located

libtree requires a C compiler that understands c99

git clone https://github.com/haampie/libtree.git
cd libtree
make # recommended: LDFLAGS=-static

curl -Lfs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haampie/libtree-in-c/master/libtree.c | cc -o libtree -x c - -std=c99 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64

By default, certain standard dependencies are not shown. For more verbose output use

• libtree -v Show libraries skipped by default
• libtree -vv Show dependencies of libraries skipped by default
• libtree -vvv Show dependencies of already encountered libraries

Use the --path or -p flags to show paths rather than sonames:

• libtree -p $(which tar)