Re: [Gimp-user] What is the "environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH"??

[david]

Hi Thanks for the advice.  You have two options available to make the libraries "found" - first, you can add the path /usr/local/lib to the file specified above, and re-run ldconfig. I've checked ld.so.conf for /usr/local/lib...its already there/included. I have also done the following [EMAIL PROTECTED] david]$ rpm -qa | grep libgtk libgtk+2.0_0-2.2.1-2mdk libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.2.1-2mdk libgtkmm1.2-1.2.10-6mdk libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-devel-2.2.1-2mdk libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.2.1-2mdk libgtkhtml1.1_3-1.1.10-2.1mdk libgtkxmhtml1-1.4.2-7mdk libgtkhtml2_0-2.4.0-1mdk libgtk+1.2-1.2.10-32mdk Of course this does not show the source file gtk-2.2.2 which was installed yesterday. Please check in /usr/local/lib to make sure that you see at least a libgtk+.so first, to make sure that this is indeed the problem. If not, we may have to dig a little further. I have done this.  But there is not a libgtk+.  What is there are all libgtk-. I am beginning to get the impression that the gtk required is not installed. Also the gtk-2.2.2 installed yesterday is not a libgtk-2.2.2.  Is this the problem?? I also used file search in other directories...there was no gtk in other directories. Cheers and thanks for your help. david David Neary wrote: Hi David, david wrote: The install file quoates Fix: On Linux and other systems using ELF libraries, add the directory to /etc/ld.so.conf or to the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and run 'ldconfig'. Only I dont understand how to do this - I simply am lost with this. What is the "environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH"?? I have come across ldconfig before so I understand that-at least!! This error message comes from the fact that it appears you have gtk+ installed, but the libraries for it are not found. Those libraries are typically in /usr/local/lib after installing from source. You have two options available to make the libraries "found" - first, you can add the path /usr/local/lib to the file specified above, and re-run ldconfig. Then the libraries will be available to everyone, all the time. Or you can modify or create the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH (load library path) to include the directory /usr/local/lib. This is a temporary solution for you, for the current session. The favoured solution would be to add the directory to ld.so.conf. Please check in /usr/local/lib to make sure that you see at least a libgtk+.so first, to make sure that this is indeed the problem. If not, we may have to dig a little further. Cheers, Dave.