Re: [Boost-users] [Ubuntu 8.04] Linking Problem in Eclipse with Boost 1.41 Libraries

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Ubuntu 8.04] Linking Problem in Eclipse with Boost 1.41 Libraries
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-01 14:00:20

Brooks Garrison wrote:

>  Volodya,
> 
> 
>> Ok, and are you sure this file has any effect? Couple weeks ago, when I was still on 8.04,
>> it had something called 'dash' as default shell.
> 
> The default shell I'm using is Terminal 2.22.1.
> 
>>What does echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the terminal say?
> 
> bgarrison_at_STK:~$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> /home/bgarrison/local/lib:/usr/local/cuda/lib:
> 
>> What does:
>>        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/bgarrison/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH your_program
>> do?
> 
> The program executes as expected if I do this, but it also works if I
> execute it through the terminal by doing ./<program> so it seems that
> I -am- linking to the correct libraries.  The problem seems to be that
> the debugger is trying to link with libraries it cannot find.  I'd
> really hate to have to debug through printfs but that may be my only
> alternative if I cannot figure out how to set up the debugger
> correctly in Eclipse CDT.

It could be that CDT is unwilling to pass that variable to your program. Does
setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /home/bgarrison/local/lib in the "Environment"
tab of the debugger configurations dialog in CDT improves anything?

- Volodya