an ELF object file access library The elf library provides routines to access, and manipulate, Elf object files. It is still not complete, but is required for a number of programs, such as Eli (a state of the art compiler generation system), and Elk (the Extension Language Kit - an implementation of the Scheme programming language.) This shared library may be needed by pre-packaged programs. To compile programs with this library, you will need to install the libelfg0-dev package as well.