hi,

i just ran into a little problem. while configure && make && make install was no problem at all, feh insists to not find libImlib2.so.1. however, it does know where the lib is. the libs are installed in:

i used the following arg's with configure:

even when i use LDFLAGS=-L/home/$USER/.local/lib/libIMlib2.so.1 feh doesn't care at start time and stoically prints the follwoing error mesg:

what am i missing here?
thx, slacky02

Welcome to LQ.

First : ~.local/ → this hidden drectory is for configuration files, etc.
Not really meant for applications and libraries, I think.

Second : 'feh' and 'imlib2' packages are available from
http://slackbuilds.org/ and http://www.slacky.eu/

Please use packages, when available.
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Starting an application with a lib dependecy in an off path place:
a) export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/<path-to-lib>/
b) <command-to-run-application>
.....

no, sorry. this is a directory i made to keep locally compiled software like /usr/local, only it's really local . config files go to ~/.local/etc.

why should i use packages, when available? also, slackbuild packages compile imlib2 from source anyway, only with less control over where i want stuff to go.

i'll try that but it shouldn't be necessary since i never had any problems with locally compiled progs.

does anybody know why feh is unable to find imlib2?

thx, slacky02

The file /etc/ld.so.conf contains paths to system libraries. Since this is a local path, that you've created, it is not listed in the ld.so.conf, therefore your custom location is not included in the library search on execution. You could add /home/<username>/.local/lib to ld.so.conf and run ldconfig -i ( as root ) to force rereading of all your libraries. The second way is using the LD_CONFIG_PATH variable, like knudfl suggested, which also tells the system where to look for libraries. For convenience you could add a line in your .bash_profile and .bashrc that reads if you don't want to mess with the system files.

Good luck!

thanks for the answer. yet, feh is not the first prog i installed this way. there are many others that all need their lib's respectively. all these libs are likewise installed locally, i.e. in $HOME/.local/lib, just as imlib2 is. why do other prog's find their lib's although these are neither listed in /etc/ld.so.conf nor is the LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the apropriate value? i use this modus operandi for many years now. it's only feh that makes trouble and i can't get my head around why. odd...

slacky02

I am getting the same thing with a vanilla config and standard installation directories.

Hah, figured it out, from this link.

As root, type:

ahm, ... thx, yeah. good to know your problem is solved

Sorry. deleted ........

You are right, # ldconfig does the trick.

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I posted for your benefit. Did it work for you as well?

thank you but no, since my problem is different from yours. but i probably just adjust LD_LIBRARY_PATH than it'll work. still i think it's odd that i didn't need to do so until i installed feh. well actually i uninstalled it already and decided i don't like it ... so nevermind guys.

thx anyway, slacky02

SOLUTION: see Refractor's post:

adjust LD_LIBRARY_PATH by doing in ~/.bash_profile:
OR adding your non standard path to /etc/ld.so.conf and issuing ldconfig as root as mattca suggested.

slacky02