On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 12:46:10PM +0100, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: > I have seen a similar issue trying to package another piece of software. The > question is, IMHO that: > > - you cannot install a library outside /usr/lib or /usr/lib/$ARCH > > in debian. This is an incorrect statement.
> Technically you can do it. Put it, add your directory in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ > rerun ldconfig and it should run. This is an incorrect solution. > Also, I don't think that the rpath could be a good solution [4]. That link contains "Currently, the only generally accepted use of this feature in Debian is to add non-standard library path (like /usr/lib/<package>) to libraries that are only intended to be used by the executables or other libraries within the same source package." which basically means "it *is* considered a good solution". -- WBR, wRAR
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