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If you get an error like the following.
dynamic linker: svrmgrl: error opening libprogram.so Killed install_driver(program) failed: Can't load PERL_MODULE::program: dynamic linker: perl: relocation error: symbol not found: getrusage at....
These messages all mean that you do not or have not setup LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable or Your Program isn't setting up LD_LIBRARY_PATH correctly, or your install of the program was faulty.
This can be solved by adding the shell variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LIBPATH with the proper search path. For example if you are using bourne or korn shell
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/local/mysql/lib:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/lib LIBPATH=/usr/lib:/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/ccs/lib: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH LIBPATH
From the man page on ld:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is also used to specify library search directories to the dynamic linker at run time. That is, if LD_LIBRARY_PATH exists in the environment, the dynamic linker will search the directories it names before its default directory for shared objects to be linked with the program at execution. -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com> ZENEZ 3748 Valley Forge Road, Magna Utah 84044 Office 801-250-0795 FAX 801-250-7975
Thanks to: Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
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