Re: FVWM: fvwm Runtime error

From: Paul D. Smith <psmith_at_baynetworks.com>
Date: 06 Apr 1999 11:04:16 -0400

%% Neil Bird <neil.bird_at_rrds.co.uk> writes:

  nb> Anyway, the upshot is: make sure your X lib directory in
  nb> somewhere in LD_LIBRARY_PATH before running fvwm2. To test whether
  nb> it *will* work, use 'ldd exename', which'll list the runtime
  nb> libraries required by the prog. & whether they can be found in the
  nb> current envorinment.

This will work, but is likelyt o lead to other problems in the future.

The _BEST_ way to handle this, if you are on a system like Solaris that
requires it, is to use the -R option on the link line (or set
LD_RUN_PATH before linking) so that the pathname is built into the app.

Then you don't need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

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Received on Tue Apr 06 1999 - 10:05:20 BST