Re: Running an uninstalled executable

[Alberto Luaces]

David <address@hidden> writes:

> El Tue, 12 May 2015 11:38:42 +0200
> Alberto Luaces <address@hidden> escribió:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> in an autoconf+automake+libtool C++ project containing only one
>> program, I want to run the executable before installing it.
>> 
>> Reading the manual I thought that it could be done with
>> 
>> libtool --mode=execute program_binary
>> 
>> but it fails, since there are undefined references to shared libraries
>> not installed in standard directories.
>> 
>> Can libtool solve this problem for me?
>> 
>
> In order to use libraries not installed, but present in another
> directory (non standard), you have to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/695530/why-do-i-have-to-define-ld-library-path-with-an-export-every-time-i-run-my-appli
>
> Something like: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/your/custom/library libtool
> --mode=execute program_binary
>
> I think this is not related to libtool, but how bash and shared
> libraries works though
>

Thanks, David. I was hoping that libtool set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for me.

-- 
Alberto