On 15 Aug 2001 13:51:49 +0200, Alexander Schinner wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I am just looking for a good method to add some libraries to my system. > Let's assume we have the following situation: > > > The directory /usr/local/foo/include contains a lot of ugly headerfiles and > /usr/local/foo/lib some (static) libraries. /usr/local, by the way, is a > NFS-filesystem for the cluster. Now, I want that my users can compile their > program without adding long -L and -I options when they use gcc. > > Now I see the following possibilities: > > 1) Copy or link the files to /usr/lib on every machine. Very ugly, isn't it? > 2) I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and C_INCLUDE_PATH in /etc/bash.bashrc (or > something like that). > > Isn't there any better way to tell the system that there are some new > libraries? A global configuration file, which coontains all include and > library directories?
The ldconfig man page should enlighten you. In brief, your /etc/ld.so.conf file should get an entry for the /usr/local/foo/lib you want the system to include in updating the libraries. --mike
