install library in home directory

Question

In Linux(Ubuntu) I am trying to run a tool and it is showing error \"library missing\". I don\'t have permission to install anything in the system (or simply sudo is not p

Answer 1

Yes, assuming the library is in /home/user/lib. You can set use the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to find the lib. LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/lib, which will find the library. If you have to compile it yourself you will want to use configure --prefix=/home/user.

I'm surprised that libstdc++.so.6 isn't available on the system already. Take a look in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu. If could just be your program isn't multiarch aware.