Re: Those Pesky Module Paths

[bja@Illinois.DynDNS.Org]

> All of the following occurred in an x-term session.
>
> I downloaded, untarred, configured and made (but did *not*
> make-install) the XFce3 source file.  I did this to obtain one
> specific application: xftree.
>
> As an unpriviliged user, I can copy xftree from /usr/src/xfce3/xftree/
> into any folder on my computer, do "./xftree," and xftree launches.
>
> As root, I can copy xftree into any folder on my computer, do
> "./xftree," and xftree launches *and* returns the warning message
> "Unable to locate loadable module in module path: 'libxfce.so.'"
>
> The module does exist in one of the folders under /usr/src/xfce3/.  I
> tried putting it in the same folder as xftree, but xftree didn't see
> it.  I tried putting xftree in /usr/local/bin/ *and* putting the
> module in /usr/local/lib, but still no joy.
>
> How do I determine what is the correct module path without doing a
> make-install? Is there a makefile that I can read through that will
> show me the target folders?
>
> Else, how does one pass module location to a binary in a BASH startup
> script?
>
> Thanks,
> - Harold
>
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As root you may have to run ldconfig.

brandon

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