Shared object not found (libboost_python.so)

Question

I'm getting the error

libboost_python.so.1.45.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I installed libboost_python.so under ~/lib and it's symlinked to libboost_python.so.1.45.0 in the same directory.

I added the full path the to the lib/ directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH like so

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

I then ran

source ~/.bash_profile

and restarted the server.

Any reasons why setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH did not solve the problem?

Answer 1

It probably has something to do with the fact that libboost_python.so.1.45.0 and libboost-python.so are not the same name. Note the underscore versus hyphen and the version number on the end.