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#1 2004-08-04 16:49:21
- draetsch
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where do shared librarys go?
Hi,
i made a package with makepkg and now have a program that needs a shared library. This library is part of the package.
Where do I have to put the library or where can I change the searchpath for shared libraries?
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#2 2004-08-04 17:03:11
- Dusty
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Re: where do shared librarys go?
It kind of depends on the package, but shared libraries almost always go in /usr/lib. If they are core system libraries, they may go in /lib. If they are application specific, they may go in /usr/lib, or if the application is installed to /opt for some reason, they may go in /opt/appname/lib or something similar.
Assuming your library is standard, you should have makepkg install it to /usr/lib. If, on the other hand, you aren't sure, you can install it to any directory, put that directory in /etc/ld.so.conf, and run ldconfig. Then other applications should be able to see it.
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#3 2004-08-06 06:16:27
- draetsch
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Re: where do shared librarys go?
Cool, got it working.
Thanks alot.
Related question: where is the PATH Variable then? I could not find it in .bashrc.
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#4 2004-08-06 15:36:22
- Dusty
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Re: where do shared librarys go?
PATH is originally set in /etc/profile. If you want to make system wide changes, you edit it there, if you want to make it specific to one user (recommended), you set it in ~/.bashrc using PATH=$PATH:/new/path So as to not overwrite the default path.
If you are making a package that installs to /opt and wants to have an entry in the PATH, it should have an entry in /etc/profile.d. Look at some of the other entries there for more info.
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