pax-utils vs libtree

pax-utils

[MIRROR] ELF related utils for ELF 32/64 binaries that can check files for security relevant properties (by gentoo)

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libtree

ldd as a tree (by haampie)

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pax-utils		libtree
	Project
2	Mentions	7
80	Stars	1,812
-	Growth	-
8.2	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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pax-utils

Posts with mentions or reviews of pax-utils. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-02.

Libtree: Turns ldd into a tree; explains why shared libraries are found or not
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Dec 2021
Linux Capabilities in a Nutshell
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2021

libtree

Posts with mentions or reviews of libtree. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-15.

Libtree: Ldd as a Tree
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jul 2023
Rpath, or why lld doesn’t work on NixOS
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Mar 2022

Depends on your libc.
Search order:
glibc: rpath > LD_LIBRARY_PATH > runpath > ld.so.cache > default paths.
musl: LD_LIBRARY_PATH > rpath=runpath > default paths.
Search path inheritance:
glibc: rpaths are inherited: When exe depends on libx depends on liby, then liby first considers its own rpaths, then libx's rpaths, then exe's rpaths. HOWEVER if liby specifies runpath, it will not consider rpaths from parents.
musl: rpaths and runpaths are the same and always inherited.
I verified the glibc/musl sources when writing https://github.com/haampie/libtree
Hacker News top posts: Dec 4, 2021
4 projects | /r/hackerdigest | 4 Dec 2021

Libtree: Turns ldd into a tree; explains why shared libraries are found or not\ (42 comments)
Libtree: Turns ldd into a tree; explains why shared libraries are found or not
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 3 Dec 2021

1 project | /r/hackernews | 3 Dec 2021

8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Dec 2021
Libtree: Debug Shared Library Loading
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pax-utils and libtree you can also consider the following projects:

lddtree - Fork of pax-utils' lddtree.sh

portage-utils - [MIRROR] Small and fast Portage helper tools written in C

macdependency - MacDependency shows all dependent libraries and frameworks of a given executable, dynamic library or framework on Mac OS X

deeplabel - A cross-platform desktop image annotation tool for machine learning

awesome-hacker-news - Awesome Hacker News: a collection of awesome Hacker News apps, libraries, resources and shiny things.

cpuid2cpuflags - Tool to generate CPU_FLAGS_* for your CPU

copydeps - Analyze and copy library dependencies of ELF binaries

FirefoxPWA - A tool to install, manage and use Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in Mozilla Firefox [Moved to: https://github.com/filips123/PWAsForFirefox]

libtree-in-c - wip libtree in C