chrpath是用来改变程序的depends lib 
的搜索路径的,比如我们一般使用
$ldd  
application
    linux-vdso.so.1 =>  
(0x00007fff89844000)
    libQt3Support.so.4 => 
/usr/lib/libQt3Support.so.4 
(0x00007f53f7424000)
    libQtSql.so.4 => 
/usr/lib/libQtSql.so.4 (0x00007f53f71e6000)
    
libQtXml.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtXml.so.4 
(0x00007f53f6f9f000)
    libQtNetwork.so.4 => 
/usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4 
(0x00007f53f6c84000)
    libQtGui.so.4 => 
/usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 (0x00007f53f60d0000)
    
libQtCore.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 
(0x00007f53f5c99000)
    libpthread.so.0 => 
/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f53f5a7d000)
    
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 
(0x00007f53f576d000)
    libm.so.6 => 
/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f53f54e9000)
    
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 
(0x00007f53f52d2000)
那么我们现在想改变一个so库的搜索路径,不使用/usr/lib/下面的,而是用/usr/local/lib目录下面的,那么就可以使用chrpath工具了
$chrpath 
-r "/usr/local/lib/" application
application: 
RUNPATH=/usr/lib
application: new RUNPATH: 
/usr/local/lib
$chrpath -c 
application
application: 
RUNPATH=/usr/local/lib
$ldd 
application
    linux-vdso.so.1 =>  
(0x00007fff76555000)
    libQt3Support.so.4 => 
/usr/local/lib/libQt3Support.so.4 
(0x00007ff62e8a8000)
    libQtSql.so.4 => 
/usr/local/lib/libQtSql.so.4 
(0x00007ff62e666000)
    libQtXml.so.4 => 
/usr/local/lib/libQtXml.so.4 
(0x00007ff62e41d000)
    libQtNetwork.so.4 => 
/usr/local/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4 
(0x00007ff62e0f0000)
    libQtGui.so.4 => 
/usr/local/lib/libQtGui.so.4 
(0x00007ff62d436000)
    libQtCore.so.4 => 
/usr/local/lib/libQtCore.so.4 (0x00007ff62cfa6000)
原文地址:http://www.cnblogs.com/kungfupanda/p/3708799.html