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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
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> Does ldconfig do anything other than make symlinks?

It also creates a cache (/etc/ld.so.cache) which speeds 
the loading of programs which use shared libraries.  
The cache is used by the run-time linker, ld.so or 
ld-linux.so.  ldconfig checks the header and filenames 
of the libraries it encounters when determining which 
versions should have their links updated.

> man ldconfig suggests using environment variable 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH - would this be in /etc/profile 

You could put it in /etc/profile or you could simply
enter it at the commandline.

> and what exactly would the line look like in order 
> to add /usr/local/lib?

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib"

Or, if LD_LIBRARY_PATH already exists and you want
to add to it:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY-PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"


Cheers,
Steven