[torquedev] error while loading shared libraries: libtorque.so.0

[Garrick Staples]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 06:11:21PM +0100, Bas van der Vlies alleged:
> Craig Macdonald wrote:
> >Check the permissions of the installed libraries. On my setup, these
> >are in /usr/local/lib
> >
> >$ls /usr/local/lib -l
> >lrwxrwxrwx  1 craigm grad     18 Oct  5 13:53 libtorque.so.0 -> 
> >libtorque.so.0.0.0
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root   root 472640 Oct  4 20:12 libtorque.so.0.0.0
> >
> >You also need to ensure that the linker knows where the libraries
> >are. Does LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/torque/lib qstat work as a normal user?
> >
> >On my SL4.3 setup, i added a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d
> >$cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/torque.conf
> >/usr/local/lib
> >
> 
> I just learned from Garrick that if you build torque with LD_RUN_PATH 
> set to /usr/local/lib there is no need for LD_LIBRARY_PATH or 
> /etc/ld.so.conf setup.
> 
> I now use this setup for several other projects ;-)

Keep the faith, brother! LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not the way the Unix gods
intended us to find shared libs.

Let's all repeat again together now, "LD_LIBRARY_PATH is evil!"