Sometimes in Linux when you install a new software package the instructions tell you to add a directory of shared libraries to your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable in your .bashrc. You may have noticed that if you then create a shortcut icon on your desktop to this application it won't start because it can't find the libraries. A typical solution is to write a wrapper shell script to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and then call that application. Well, I've discovered how to add them to your system's library path allowing all environments to access them. Note: There are differences between Debian and Ubuntu (the two flavours of Linux that I'm familiar with). Ubuntu Create a new file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ called .conf Edit the file and add a line per directory of shared libraries (*.so files), it will look something like: /usr/lib/APPLICATION/lib Reload the list of system-wide library paths: sudo ldconfig Debian Edit /etc/ld.so.conf Add a line per directory of shared
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