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Kamal Mahendra Sirisena.
Kamal Mahendra Sirisena.

Reputation: 107

How to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH permanently

I am new to ubuntu and python. When I run the command LD_LIBRARY_PATH , function works well.

***sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/binaries/linux/x86_64 \
python3 /recognizer/main.py***

above works well. But when typing only python3 /recognizer/main.py , does not work. I want to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH permanently. How can I do that ?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 12537

Answers (2)

M. Zhang
M. Zhang

Reputation: 910

You can add that path to /etc/ld.so.conf (with sudo), or to a new file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ (if that directory exists). The second method has the advantage of being more organized compared to putting everything in one file.

After that, run sudo ldconfig. And then that library path will be added permanently for all users.

Example:

# As root
echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/onevpl.conf
echo "/usr/local/lib64" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/onevpl.conf
echo "/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/onevpl.conf
ldconfig

Upvotes: 7

Xshannon
Xshannon

Reputation: 94

You just need to add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/binaries/linux/x86_64"

The file is loaded every time you open a terminal. If you want to set the variable once when you login, add the line to ~/.profile instead.

Upvotes: 7

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