Public bug reported: Take just about any tarball and do the usual ./configure && make && make install. It will almost certainly refuse to work because it can't find its libraries.
/usr/local/lib needs to appear in /etc/ld.so.conf, or LD_LIBRARY_PATH needs to be set in /etc/profile by default. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- /usr/local/lib is not properly supported https://launchpad.net/bugs/73429 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs