---
name: "libtree"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtree"
version: "3.1.1-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libtree"
---

# libtree(1)

print shared object dependencies as a tree

## NAME

libtree - print shared object dependencies as a tree

## SYNOPSIS

**libtree** \[ *option* \]... \[--\] \[ *file* \]...

## DESCRIPTION

**libtree** prints the shared libraries required by each program or shared library on the command line as a tree. By default certain common system libraries are hidden to prune the tree.

## OPTIONS

- \-h, --help

  Print usage

- \--version

  Print version info

- \-p, --path

  Show the path of libraries instead of their  **soname**

- \-v

  Show libraries skipped by default

- \-vv

  Show dependencies of libraries skipped by default

- \-vvv

  Show dependencies of already encountered libraries

- \--ldconf arg

  Path to custom *ld.so.conf* or *ld-elf.so.conf* file

- \--max-depth n

  Limit library traversal to a depth of at most *n* . The value cannot be larger than 32.

- \--

  All arguments after '--' are interpreted as paths, not flags.

## ENVIRONMENT

**LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH** can be used to provide additional search paths.

## AUTHOR

Harmen Stoppels \<me@harmenstoppels.nl\>

## SEE ALSO

[**ldd**(1)](/ldd/1.md)