ok to start I am REALLY new to linux.
I am using redhat 9 and I am trying to install xine
I have successfully installed the xine-lib-1-rc6a using ./configure and make install commands
however when I try to install the xine-ui stuff it says that it cannot find lib and to edit the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to do so I have tried many different things but can't quite get it if anyone could help I would Greatly LOVE it....

fng_#1

Thanx

Hi, and welcome to LQ.

I believe that RH doesn't have /usr/local/lib
in its /etc/ld.so.conf ... if you add that line to
the file and run ldconfig (both as root) you
should be fine ...

Alternatively you can add
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile


Cheers,
Tink

ok thankyou for your reply!

I was wondering why I couldn't find it when it told me to look for it

however could you give me an example of what the command line should look like please
I am very new like I said and I am very proud of myself that I actually got it to work on my notebook

i tried running idconfig and it told me I was wrong

fng_#!

thanx

ahhhhhh
the command is ldconfig (starts with an L)
not idconfig
it's an unreadable font thing

ld is the GNU dynamic linker
as the tinkster has pointed out libs you compile yourself by default go in /usr/local/lib
ld looks for libs in /lib and /usr/lib
then it look in /etc/ld.so.cache
which is created by putting paths in /etc/ld.so.conf with a text editor as root
and running ldconfig as root

LD_LIBRARY_PATH
is an old lagacy Unix shell environment variable
Linux can still use many many of these older type shell variables
most people don't use this one any more or its more obscure cousins cause /etc/ld.so.conf gets the job done so well

to look at what shell variables you have set type
set
(what else !)
all of these and many more can be added to or deleted
even shell functions can be created as shell environmental variables with the
export and unset commands
shell variables can be altered for just the shell window you have open or can be put in configuration files once again as tinkster so correctly pointed out so they are in effect all the time

env

<grin> ... particularly useful if you use bash_completion


Cheers,
Tink