Install libdwarf.so on Ubuntu

Question

How can I install libdwarf.so on Ubuntu? I get this error while running an executable file.

error while loading shared libraries: libdwarf.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

Answer 1

So after too many hours finally it's been solved. It goes like this:

1. Download libdwarf-20130207.tar.gz

2. Extract the archive and in a new terminal type:

   cd dwarf-2013-02-07/libdwarf
   ./configure --enable-shared
   make -j$(nproc)
   

3. If you need a 32 bit library (as in my case), just open the MakeFile and add -m32 to CFLAGS

   CFLAGS = -m32 $(PREINCS) -g -O2 $(INCLUDES) $(dwfpic) $(POSTINCS)
   

4. At the end, just copy the libdwarf.so into /usr/lib

Answer 2

I suspect this wasn't true when the question was asked, but in 2018:

sudo apt-get install libelf-dev libdwarf-dev

You might also be interested in https://github.com/aclements/libelfin.