Re: How to make a program look for dylibs other than /usr/local/lib?

FROM : Peter O'Gorman
DATE : Thu Dec 06 07:08:21 2007

Graham Reitz wrote:
> I have a C++ project that needs to load a third party dylib.  I removed
> the dylib from /usr/local/lib and placed it in a different directory.  I
> updated the linker paths to reflect this change .  When I run the
> program it is still looking for the dylib in /usr/local/lib.
>
> How do you tell it to look for the dylib in a different directory?
>
>  It still looks in /usr/local/lib even if I place the dylib in the same
> directory as the binary.


Look at the manpage for install_name_tool, also google for docs for
@executable_path, @loader_path and @rpath.

Even though you have moved the binary, its install_name remains as
/usr/local/lib/libfoo.dylib.

Peter
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