Thanks for the suggestion. I did the following:
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
and that seemed to fix it. I'll keep your suggestion on file for future
reference.
Matt Dargavel wrote:
>As a suggestion, try running 'ldconfig' as root and then give it another go.
>Ldconfig looks in each of the directories specified in /etc/ld.so.conf
>(/usr/local/lib should be in there) for shared system libraries and sets
>them up ready for use.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary Anderson [mailto:ganderson@stripped]
>Sent: 26 September 2006 15:29
>To: plusplus@stripped
>Subject: Re: Install issue on SLES-10
>
>Sorry for the lack of information. I had actually run the full make, then
>make install. When I tried to run make install again, the response was that
>nothing needed to be done, as expected. The library was actually installed
>in /usr/local/lib. Apparently it did not get on some type of configuration
>list for the dynamic library loader. That is the issue I am trying to
>solve.
>
>Your suggestion of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH worked temporarily, but I need to
>make that configuration permanent on the system. Do you have any
>suggestions?
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>Warren Young wrote:
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>>Gary Anderson wrote:
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>>>when I try to run the examples, I get the error that libmysqlpp.so
>>>cannot be found.
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>>>
>>You probably haven't installed the library yet. The examples and the
>>library are in separate subdirectories, and Linux's dynamic library
>>loader doesn't know where to find it. Linux will only look in a few
>>very specific places for the library, and ../lib is not one of them.
>>:)
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>>If you want to test the library before you formally install it, use a
>>command like this:
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>>$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../lib ./simple1 localhost someuser hispassword
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>>That clues the dynamic loader that ../lib should also be searched for
>>libraries.
>>
>>Otherwise, just install the library, and the examples should run
>>without any jiggery-pokery.
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