deb-shlibs(5) dpkg suite deb-shlibs(5) (NAME) deb-shlibs - (SYNOPSIS) debian/shlibs, debian/binary-name.shlibs, DEBIAN/shlibs (DESCRIPTION) shlibs (SONAME) . . . # () . : [type:] library version dependencies library version (whitespace) dependencies . type . dependencies Depends deb-control(5) . SONAME (SONAME FORMATS) SONAME : name.so.version name-version.so lib name . . SONAME (link) . (EXAMPLES) shlibs libcrunch1 SONAME libcrunch.so.1 : libcrunch 1 libcrunch1 (>= 1.2-1) dependencies (symbols) 1.2 libcrunch . . (SEE ALSO) deb-control(5), deb-symbols(5), dpkg-shlibdeps(1). 1.23.7-dirty 2026-03-06 deb-shlibs(5)