[Gllug] libs, but where?

[Vincent AE Scott]

Huw Lynes(huw-l at moving-picture.co.uk)@Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 08:37:57AM +0100:
> On Tuesday 23 July 2002 21:25, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > to install "ogg vorbis" I need libraries to be
> > installed prior to ogg vorbis itself. Have not
> > installed libs on their own so far. Where do I install
> > the libraries? Into /usr/lib? Once that is done, can I
> > put the programme in /opt as usual? Guess I have to
> > use the usual "./configure...make...make install".
> >
> You should be able to put them anywhere you want. If they are in a 
> directory included in /etc/ld.so.conf they will be picked up 
> automatically. Alternatively set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the 
> relevant directory before you start the configure script for ogg. The 
> configure script probably has an option to allow you to force it to 
> search for libs in the correct place.

or just set LD_RUN_PATH to the directory the libs are installed into,
before you compile the app.


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