[AD] [molhanec@xxxxxxxxxx: Re: [AL] big problems]

[Hein Zelle <hein@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The following was posted on [AL] (once again). I suggest we add a new
FAQ entry, in the section Unix problems:

When running allegro programs, I get `error while loading shared
libraries: liballeg.so.4.0: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory'

   You need to add the installation directory of the allegro library
   (default: /usr/local/lib) to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig
   afterwards, as root. Alternatively, you can add it to your
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable. This works for linux, some unices may
   require a different solution. Ask your system administrator.

The wording is probably not perfect, but I think this is worth a FAQ
entry. It's definitely a question that keeps returning every now and
then. It may also be worth adding the exact error message to
build/unix.txt, the current description may be overlooked because the
error message isn't there. The FAQ could also just point to
build/unix.txt for the answer.

        Hein Zelle

----- Forwarded message from Michal Molhanec <molhanec@xxxxxxxxxx> -----

From: Michal Molhanec <molhanec@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: alleg-main@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [AL] big problems
Reply-To: alleg-main@xxxxxxxxxx

Hudson T. Clark wrote:
>I don't know what I'm suppose to do I have been reading threw documentation 
>maybe this would be quicker I'm somewhat new to installing things on linux. 
>I'm using mandrake 9.0. I did as the instructions told me:
>
>./configure 
>make
>make install
>
>all as root everything looked like it worked but I get this error when I 
>./test that compiled program (I get loads of errors when I try to compile 
>things for the api to) I think maybe I didn't install it correctly?:
>
>[me@xxxxxxxxxx tests]$ ./test 
>./test: error while loading shared libraries: liballeg.so.4.0: cannot open 
>shared object file: No such file or directory

Haven't you missed this:
"By default, Allegro will probably install into the /usr/local
filesystem. If this hasn't already been set up on your machine, you may
have trouble with programs being unable to find the Allegro shared
library. You can fix this by adding "/usr/local/lib" to your
/etc/ld.so.conf file, and then running ldconfig."
?

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