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d.putto
d.putto

Reputation: 7565

install library in home directory


In Linux(Ubuntu) I am trying to run a tool and it is showing error "library missing". I don't have permission to install anything in the system (or simply sudo is not possible from my user account).
Is it possible to install missing library (libstdc++.so.6 in my case) in my home directory (without sudo) and change the environment-variables etc. so that all other tools/programs can find it?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6367

Answers (1)

Marc
Marc

Reputation: 3136

Yes, assuming the library is in /home/user/lib. You can set use the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to find the lib. LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/lib, which will find the library. If you have to compile it yourself you will want to use configure --prefix=/home/user.

I'm surprised that libstdc++.so.6 isn't available on the system already. Take a look in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu. If could just be your program isn't multiarch aware.

Upvotes: 4

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