James Pifer wrote: > I'm wrote a small java app that I will run in a jsp. The vendor supplied > jars also come with shared libraries that are required. Their > documentation says to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the directory where you put > the libraries. > > This works fine when running the app from a terminal environment after > setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The problem is that when I run the jsp it's run > from an application that runs as a service, so LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not > set in that environment. > > In searching on this issue I found MANY people saying it's bad to set > LD_LIBRARY_PATH. > > I've tried running ldconfig -n and the directory but it hasn't seemed to > work. > > So what is the proper way to do this? I want to set these libraries and > have them set after a system restart, etc. As root, edit a file with a name that makes sense in /etc/ld.so.conf.d on the order of app-name.conf. In that file place the pathname to the libraries of the application. (Take a look at existing files). Then run ldconfig. Ed -- Once, I read that a man be never stronger than when he truly realizes how weak he is. -- Jim Starlin, "Captain Marvel #31"
