Re: 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?

I was able to fix this by doing

        export LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/lib

before building the tool. Thanks!

Regards,

  Andreas