Some of the system libraries in Solaris may not match the names of libraries used in Linux. Table 4-20 compares Solaris system libraries to Linux system libraries in terms of their function.
Description
Solaris
Linux
Curses
libcurses, libform, libmenu, libpanel, libplot
libncurses, libform, libmenu, libpanel, libplot
Database APIs
libdbm
libdb*
Security APIs
libbsm
libc(shadow.h)
Socket APIs
libsocket
libc(BSD4.3)
RPC APIs
libnsl
libc
Math
libm
XDR APIs
librpcsvc
Real-time priority
rtprio