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platform.libc_ver()

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Tries to detect the C library and its version (by default, the glibc installed on the system): ('glibc', '2.39'); ('', '') on failure.

Syntax

lib, version = platform.libc_ver(executable=None, lib='', version='', chunksize=16384)

Without executable it first asks os.confstr('CS_GNU_LIBC_VERSION') and answers with the glibc installed on the system; it scans the executable only if that fails or a file is passed explicitly. So libc_ver(sys.executable) may answer differently, with the highest glibc version the binary itself requires. On macOS and Windows it usually returns empty strings; musl is detected since 3.14. It helps decide, for example, whether manylinux wheels will work.

Examples

import platform
lib, version = platform.libc_ver()
print(lib, version)  # → ? например glibc 2.39; на musl, macOS и Windows пусто
try:
    platform.libc_ver(executable='no_such_binary')
except FileNotFoundError as e:
    print(type(e).__name__)  # → FileNotFoundError — функция читает сам файл

platform.libc_ver()

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