[PLUG] Path statement

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Robert Kopp wrote:

> This method of adding to the PATH works, but since it didn't solve the
> problem, I'll start from the beginning, hoping that someone can solve it.
> Just the other day, I installed (?) the GNU Scientific Library, C
> subroutines for a wide variety of scientific applications. Sure enough,
> the header files were installed where they should be. So then I copied and
> pasted the "Hello World" driver program into a text editor, to try it out:

  This is a different problem, Tim.

  Add the path where your scientific libraries are placed to
/etc/ld.so.conf. Then, as root, run /sbin/ldconfig. That rebuilds the
internal library data base. T'ain't a $PATH problem.

HTH,

Rich