Newbie Question - LD_LIBRARY_PATH

[Taylor, ForrestX]

On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 08:11, Will Clifton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> When compiling some software from source, I get an error message
> complaining that the make process cannot find my LIBDIR path. So, in
> /etc/profile I added the following under the HISTSIZE:1000 entry:
> 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib`

You are using the wrong kind of quotes here.  The back ticks (`) tell it
to execute that line.  You need to use ' or ".  That probably doesn't
help your plight, but it is an FYI.

Forrest
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