LD_LIBRARY_PATH problem

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi all,

I have just setup a debain system with GNUstep and have problems  
running a tool (non GNUstep). It does not find a specific library. I  
checked LD_LIBRARY_PATH and got

        echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
	/root/GNUstep/Library/Libraries:/opt/GNUstep/Local/Library/Libraries:/ 
opt/GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries

If I manually add /usr/local/lib to this variable the tool works. Now I  
am wondering by whom or what this environment variable is set and how  
can I modify this value. My /etc/ld.so.conf looks as follows:

/usr/X11R6/lib
/opt/GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries
/usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries
/usr/local/lib

so I guess the contents of this file is not used to initialize  
LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I also learn that putting a libdir into this file and  
calling ldconfig does not always help. What am I missing?

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

  Andreas