How do I get rid of LD_LIBRARY_PATH at run-time?

Question

I am building a C++ application that uses Intel\'s IPP library. This library is installed by default in /opt and requires you to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH both for compil

Answer 1

You can check if the path to the library is being picked up from your -R flag by running the ldd command or the readelf command on your binary. The LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable is an override, so shouldn't be necessary normally.