Part II · Your system

23. Libraries & binaries

1. 23.1Dynamic linking and lddMost programs don't contain the libraries they use: at start-up, the dynamic loader finds the .so files they need and loads them.
2. 23.2ELF and "command not found""command not found": no file of that name in any folder of your PATH. Install the package, or call the program by its full path.
3. 23.3PATH and command resolutionPATH is a list of folders separated by :. The shell looks for a command in each, left to right, and runs the first match.