PatchELF is a simple utility for modifying existing ELF executables and libraries. In particular, it can do the following:
Change the dynamic loader ("ELF interpreter") of executables:
$ patchelf --set-interpreter /lib/my-ld-linux.so.2 my-program
Change the RPATH
of executables and libraries:
$ patchelf --set-rpath /opt/my-libs/lib:/other-libs my-program
Shrink the RPATH
of executables and libraries:
$ patchelf --shrink-rpath my-program
This removes from the RPATH
all directories that do not contain a library referenced by DT_NEEDED
fields of the executable or library. For instance, if an executable references one library libfoo.so
, has an RPATH /lib:/usr/lib:/foo/lib
, and libfoo.so
can only be found in /foo/lib
, then the new RPATH
will be /foo/lib
.
In addition, the --allowed-rpath-prefixes
option can be used for further rpath tuning. For instance, if an executable has an RPATH
/tmp/build-foo/.libs:/foo/lib
, it is probably desirable to keep the /foo/lib
reference instead of the /tmp
entry. To accomplish that, use:
$ patchelf --shrink-rpath --allowed-rpath-prefixes /usr/lib:/foo/lib my-program
Remove declared dependencies on dynamic libraries (DT_NEEDED
entries):
$ patchelf --remove-needed libfoo.so.1 my-program
This option can be given multiple times.
Add a declared dependency on a dynamic library (DT_NEEDED
):
$ patchelf --add-needed libfoo.so.1 my-program
This option can be give multiple times.
Replace a declared dependency on a dynamic library with another one (DT_NEEDED
):
$ patchelf --replace-needed liboriginal.so.1 libreplacement.so.1 my-program
This option can be give multiple times.
Change SONAME
of a dynamic library:
$ patchelf --set-soname libnewname.so.3.4.5 path/to/libmylibrary.so.1.2.3
./bootstrap.sh ./configure make make check sudo make install
mkdir build cd build cmake .. -GNinja ninja all sudo ninja install
mkdir build meson configure build cd build ninja all sudo ninja install
You can build with Nix in several ways.
Building via nix build
will produce the result in ./result/bin/patchelf
. If you would like to build patchelf with musl try nix build .#patchelf-musl
You can launch a development environment with nix develop
and follow the autotools steps above. If you would like to develop with musl try nix develop .#musl
Copyright 2004-2019 Eelco Dolstra edolstra@gmail.com.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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