CentOS /RHEL: How To Check GNU Libc Version
How Do I check out the version of GNU C Library on your CentOs 7/6.5 or RHEL 7/6.5 linux? I would like to check glibc version on my linux system. this post will show you how to check out the version of glibc installed on CentOS 7 system.
The GNU C Library, commonly known as glibc, is the GNU Project’s implementation of the C standard library. Originally written by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU operating system
CentOS /RHEL check GNU Libc Version
To check glibc version on your linux system, you just need to run the below command, type:
ldd --version
outputs:
[root@devops network-scripts]# ldd --version ldd (GNU libc) 2.17 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.
There is another way to check glibc library version, issue the following command:
#For 64 bit system:
/lib64/libc.so.6
#For 32 bit system:
/lib/libc.so.6
Outputs:
[root@devops network-scripts]# /lib64/libc.so.6 GNU C Library (GNU libc) stable release version 2.17, by Roland McGrath et al. Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Compiled by GNU CC version 4.8.2 20140120 (Red Hat 4.8.2-16). Compiled on a Linux 3.10.0 system on 2014-06-10. Available extensions: The C stubs add-on version 2.1.2. crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al BIND-8.2.3-T5B RT using linux kernel aio libc ABIs: UNIQUE IFUNC
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