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otool is command line tool of MacOS X that displays info of an object. The otool command displays specified parts of object files or libraries.

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dyld: Library not loaded ... Reason: Image not found

When trying to run an executable I've been sent in Mac OS X, I get the following error dyld: Library not loaded: libboost_atomic.dylib Referenced from: /Users/"Directory my executable is in" Reason: image not found Trace/BPT trap:5 I have…
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Building OSX App Bundle

Suppose I have have made a an osX app without using Xcode. After compiling with GCC I get an executable which is linked to several other libraries. Some of those libraries might again be dynamically linked to other non-standard system libraries Is…
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What is your favorite disassembler tool in Mac OS X?

I am using the otool, nm and Fraise text editor to disassemble the Mach-o binaries. My workflow at this point is pretty straightforward: 1. List the existed symbols. nm -g 2. Get the disasm code. otool -vt 3. Copy and paste this output to a…
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Why is install_name_tool and otool necessary for Mach-O libraries in Mac Os X?

I am developing a Cocoa Application using the latest version of Xcode 4, I want to link dynamic libraries to my project (dylibs). I read somewhere that adding the libraries in my project was not enough as I have to run install_name_tool and otool to…
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MacOSX: which dynamic libraries linked by binary?

I have not been able to figure out why my binary is not loading. It is a dylib loaded by MATLAB (MEX-file), and links to quite a few dylibs in different locations. MATLAB tells me it cannot load the MEX-file, but I cannot figure out which of its…
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how to use otool

apple suggested me to use "strings" or "otool" to dect the private api (isinf) in my code , I am totally newbie so any help how to use those tools
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Determining OS X SDK and Deployment Target versions from Framework

Fairly straightforward question - if I have a .framework file, is there a command/tool that can be used to determine the SDK and Deployment Target versions used to create the framework? Similarly, can this be performed on the application binary…
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Getting complete disassembly of an executable binary

Is it possible to get a complete disassembly (which can act as input to an assembler) of an executable? When I use otool -tV a.out I get to see only the text section. Other sections like data aren't visible. When I use gdb, the disassemble command…
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What path does @loader_path resolve to?

I'm having a hard time understanding the absolute path that a @loader_path within a file refers to. user@local:~$ otool -L zlib.so zlib.so: @loader_path/../../libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.2.7) …
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‘ldd -r’ equivalent on macOS

I am trying to make my software available on macOS, and in my toolchain I use the ldd -r MyModel.so command to verify that everything went well, but I can’t really find an equivalent command on macOS with the same behavior. otool and nm seem to be…
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How to detect if stack smashing protection is enabled in an iOS app

I want to be able to check if stack smashing protection (-fstack-protector-all) is enabled in an iOS app built on Xcode 9 with a target of iOS 11. I built an app with -fstack-protector-all enabled in "Other C flags", and it does build and run, but…
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Matching up offsets in iOS crash dump to disassembled binary

I'm having trouble matching up the offsets in the stack traces of iOS crash dumps with offsets in the disassembly of the binary as output by otool. Can anybody confirm how in principle I match these up. For example, if I get a line in the crash…
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MacOSX: How to collect dependencies into a local bundle?

I am creating a plugin application (dylib) that depends on several other libraries. These other libraries are installed on my system, but are not guaranteed to be installed on any user's system. So I need to find a way bundle the dependencies along…
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Is it possible to edit and recompile an iOS Binary?

I have an application and posted to Cydia recently. It has been cracked by someone else and posted it in torrent sites. I have a binary checksum verification mechanism inside and they were able to create a new checksum file based on the changes they…
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install_name_tool difference between -change and -id

I have been struggling with this concept for a while and I cannot really understand what the difference is between -change and -id.The man page states -id name Changes the shared library identification name of a dynamic shared…
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