> grep isn't needed, you can do something like
> $ readelf --symbols --wide /opt/kde3/lib64/libkdecore.so
> and it's more efficient as readelf reads only the needed
> parts of the
> library binary.
> If the library is a C++ one (like most KDE4 and Trinity
> ones) you can
> get the meaningful function names by using c++filt (it's in
> binutils):
> $ readelf --symbols --wide /opt/kde3/lib64/libkdecore.so |
> c++filt
> > 
> > Once you know the library name, try appending it as a
> linker flag to
> > the koffice/filters/chalk/gmagick/Makefile.am LDFLAGS
> string; e.g if
> > you found libfoo.so.1.0.0 contains the symbol then you
> would append
> > -lfoo

Okay, thanks for the speedy lesson. :)

Same result: same file. :) Although the readelf command provides a more readable display.

Darrell