Is it possible to test a shared library compiled with Lazarus/FPC under Linux without copying that library to /usr/lib or fiddling with the OS configuration to locate them?

Under Windows, it is enough to have the testing executable (host application) in the same folder as the shared library. Is something of the kind possible in Linux?

Stephano

I believe that LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable should do that under Un*x platforms in general (i.e. including Linux).

Tomas

Thanks!!

I will add that environment variable overrides can be entered in 'Run Parameters' in Lazarus.

Stephano

Indeed. You can put the following in your .bashrc file:

export LD_LIBRARY_PAH=.

Alan

Alan Krause wrote

Indeed. You can put the following in your .bashrc file: export LD_LIBRARY_PAH=.

Not recommended security wise, especially that it is needed for testing only.

Stephano

Alan Krause wrote

Indeed. You can put the following in your .bashrc file: export LD_LIBRARY_PAH=.

Make sure to never do that on a multi-user system, or you open yourself up to easy hijacking of your account (in the same way that adding "." to your PATH does).

Jonas