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@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ you run your program, for example: % export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib % my_program +To check whether you need to do something this: + + % ldd /usr/lib/rhytmbox/plugins/mtpdevice/libmtpdevice.so | grep mtp + % ldd /usr/bin/gnomad2 | grep mtp + +If the program is linking to a packaged version of libmtp +it will likely say something like this: + + libmtp.so.N => /usr/lib/libmtp.so.N (0xb4e4b000) + +In this case you may have your freshly compiled library in +/usr/local/lib or something like that, and you need to do the +LD_LIBRARY_PATH trick. Verify by using "ldd" again. + This way of enabling the library to link is a workaround hack. Note that the LD_LIBRARY_PATH is actually supposed to be used for testing, not production systems or distributions. It is commonly |