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Friday September 29, 2006
04:23 PM
Compiling software and the dynamic loader path
One of the most annoying things to me in installing many pieces of software, including many Perl modules, is that often the maintainers seem to not understand the concepts expressed here (here until recently
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This is a common problem (Score:1)
This is one of the most common issues I run into when installing software where the libraries are someplace other than /usr/lib (often happens with x64 based platforms which use /usr/lib64). The best solution I've found (at least on distros that support it) is to add the library path to /etc/ld.so.conf.
Any suggestions on what to do besides LD_LIBRARY_PATH when you need to link against a library in an oddball place like /opt/custom/magicfoo/lib or something similar? I'm all ears :)
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The best solution I've found (at least on distros that support it) is to add the library path to /etc/ld.so.conf
I've just discovered the document I linked to is not the same as the original. If you can hunt down the original (try Internet archive, I can't as I'm at work and it's blocked :P ), it's a must read, and it talks about ld.so.conf and why it's a bad idea. In short, what about when you need something linked against one specially compiled version of libjunk.so in /usr/local/junk and something e
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers