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Where to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Solaris?

What is the best place to set up application specific LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable on Solaris? How does

LD_LIBRARY_PATH

variable work?

We currently set it up in .kshrc, but different applications need different versions of messaging framework, but these applications run under the same use and hence they would need different LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so in your opinion what is the best place to set this variable?

Basically I am trying to figure out how to make this variable path part of the application instead of user environment specific.

Solution

  • Usually I would just have a shell script that starts the application. In the shell script I would set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to whatever I need it to be for that app, then have the script start that app. Doing it that way should cause the path to be set only for that application.