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<sect2>
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<title>Configuring Dynamic Loader</title>
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-<para>By default the dynamic loader searches a few default paths for dynamic
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-libraries, so there normally isn't a need for the
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-<filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file unless the system has extra
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-directories in which you want the system to search for libraries. The
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-<filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> directory isn't
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-searched through for dynamic libraries by default, so we want to add
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-this path so when you install software you won't be surprised by them not
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-running for some reason.</para>
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+<para>By default, the dynamic loader
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+(<filename>/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through <filename
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+class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
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+class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are needed
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+by programs when you run them. However, if there are libraries in
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+directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
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+<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, you need to add them to
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+the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order for the dynamic
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+loader to find them. One directory that is very common to contain
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+additional libraries is <filename
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+class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> so we add that directory to the
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+dynamic loader's search path.</para>
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<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the
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following:</para>
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@@ -16,8 +20,6 @@ following:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"</userinput>
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# Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
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-/lib
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-/usr/lib
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/usr/local/lib
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# End /etc/ld.so.conf
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