no joy: Bill Kropla's "Beginning Mapserver"

[Frank Warmerdam]

KevinC (UD) wrote:
> Frank:
> 
> Neither LD_LIBRARY_PATH nor /etc/ld.conf exist.  What does that tell you 
> (beside the fact that I'm a raw newbie)?

Kevin,

LD_LIBRARY_PATH can be set even if it has no existing value.  In "bash"
something like:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib

Add this to your ~/.bashrc (or perhaps ~/.bash_profile) to get it each time
you login.

I misnamed the other file.  It is actually /etc/ld.so.conf.  You might want to
read the "man ldconfig" man page for details on this mechanism.

There is indeed a learning curve to all this!

Best regards,
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