Re: [ns] ns install problem on Linux6.2-shared lib

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@packetdesign.com>]

on csh/tcsh, do:

setenv LD... ...

on sh/bash, do:

export LD..=...

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Paavan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i'm trying to install ns2 on Linux 6.2 and i'm getting the following 
> problem.  I looked up http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-problems.html#general 
> and found the following solution.  but i don't know how exactly to apply 
> it.  I've set the environment library path using:
> 
> %set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<path of library>
> 
> But this doesn't work.
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> Problem: Things built OK but don't run because of missing shared libraries 
> (for example, you get the message "can't load library 'libtk8.3.so'" or 
> "fatal: libtk8.3.so: can't open file: errno=2" [from Solaris]) or 
> "libotcl.so can not open shared object file: No such file or directory".
> Solution: Many systems require that you do something special when 
> installing new shared libraries. Shared-library loading is 
> system-dependent, so consult the man page for ld(1) on your system. On many 
> systems the program ``ldd'' can be used to diagnose shared-libary problems.
> A couple of hints: many systems require that you set the environment 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH to specify where to look for shared libraries. Other 
> systems require that you run ldconfig when using new libraries
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> 
> How 2 implement ld or ldd ?
> Thanks for help.
> 
> Paavan.
> 
>