🚀 go-pugleaf

First off, I barely know what I'm talking about, so please bear with me.

I'm on a Linux box for which I do not have root privileges.  I have
created a program which uses shared library (?) files which are not in the
standard paths.  I compile my program with -lSDL_gfx, and I have a
directory with the files:

  libSDL_gfx.a 
  libSDL_gfx.so
  libSDL_gfx.so.0.0.0
  libSDL_gfx.la
  libSDL_gfx.so.0

When I try to run my program, I get this:

  ./ServerDriver: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL_gfx.so.0:  
  cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

What do I do to make the executable aware of the directory where it can 
find the share library?  Remember, I don't have root access.  I read in 
the 'man ld.so' file that I can set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment 
variable to tell it where to find my libraries, so in bash I typed:

  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/net/hu2/lonely/cs4455/SDL_gfx-2.0.3/local/lib

which is the full directory where the shared library files libSDL_gfx.* 
files are stored, but it still gives me the same error when I try to run 
my program.  What do I do?


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Thomas
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