How to tell which version of a application is running

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:38:42 +0200, Xen wrote:
>I suspect that it is actually these programs that are causing the 
>issues.

The OP much likely followed a README mentioning something similar to

  ./configure
  make
  sudo make install

missing to mention

  sudo ldconfig

>>   ls -ld /usr/{,local/}lib/*tracker*  
>
>Better change that to:
>
>ls -ld /usr/local/lib/*tracker*

No, we want to see all installed libraries, so

  ls -l /{,usr/,usr/local/}*lib*/*tracker*

Regards,
Ralf