Shared Library Path as Executable Directory

Question

I have an application that is broken into several libraries for purposes of code reuse. On Windows all I have to do is put the .dll files in the same path as the executable and

Answer 1

Wrap your program in a shell script:

#!/bin/sh

PROGRAM_DIRECTORY="`dirname "$0"`"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PROGRAM_DIRECTORY"

"$PROGRAM_DIRECTORY/program_executable" "$@"

If you run this script (instead of your executable) your program will link just fine.