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Date:      Thu, 30 May 2002 10:12:19 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        G-der <gder@gder.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing Dynamic Libraries
Message-ID:  <20020530151219.GJ78068@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020530090522.A98534@gder.net>
References:  <20020530090522.A98534@gder.net>

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In the last episode (May 30), G-der said:
> I am not a normal subscriber to -questions so a cc to me on replies
> would be greatly appreciated...
> 
> I need to install a dynamic library for a program I need to compile
> and install.  I have several questions that I couldn't get answered
> from th handbook or the website...
> 
> 1)  Where should the library file go?  /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib?
>
> 2)  Do I just need to copy the file there?  Or do I need to run
> another command to tell the linker about this new library?  (ldconfig
> maybe?)
 
User-installed stuff goes in /usr/local/lib.  Just copy it in;
/usr/local/lib is already in the ld.so search path.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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