devIL .so on ubuntu where do I put them - run time error

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I am currently porting my game from windows to Linux. Debian(home) and Fedora(uni). It builds fine however at run time is expecting error while loading shared libraries: libIL.so.1.

Firstly what is the .1 all about? I tried use placeing libIL.so and .1 next to the executable but that still had the same error. What do I do? - Bare in mind that I do not have root access on the Fedora machine.

Google for LD_PRELOAD... – karlphillip Feb 06 '13 at 22:21 — karlphillip, Feb 06 '13 at 22:21

us2012 · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-06T23:27:32.680

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Put libIL.so into the same directory as your executable mygame, then create a start-up script for your game, say mygame.sh:

#!/bin/sh
LD_PRELOAD=. ./mygame

Now you can start your game from the command line using ./mygame.sh.

edit: What I actually meant above was LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead of LD_PRELOAD. Put all your libraries together with your executable and use LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. , then the library loader will look in the current folder for all libraries it needs.

edited Feb 06 '13 at 23:27

answered Feb 06 '13 at 22:22

us2012

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How do I do multiple preloads? – Andrew Feb 06 '13 at 23:25
see my edit. With `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` you don't need "multiple" things, just all libraries in the current directory. – us2012 Feb 06 '13 at 23:29

devIL .so on ubuntu where do I put them - run time error

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