Sharing just the binary file might not be enough. As it is linked against a bunch of libraries it might well be that at least some of those libs are installed from binutils package... Code: ~ $ ~ $ which strings /usr/bin/strings ~ $ ~ $ ldd /usr/bin/strings libbfd-2.19.51.20090709.so => /usr/lib/libbfd-2.19.51.20090709.so (0x3aabc000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x411e8000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x41408000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x41180000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x41030000) /lib/ld-linux.so.3 (0x41000000) ~ $
~ $ ~ $ which strings /usr/bin/strings ~ $ ~ $ ldd /usr/bin/strings libbfd-2.19.51.20090709.so => /usr/lib/libbfd-2.19.51.20090709.so (0x3aabc000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x411e8000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x41408000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x41180000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x41030000) /lib/ld-linux.so.3 (0x41000000) ~ $