Informix on SuSE Linux 6.2

>In the demo directory I found some basic esql C programs (demo1.ec). I >would like to compile and run the demo1.ec program. It seemed to >compile >OK but when I tried to run it I get this error message. >demo1: error in loading shared libraries: libifsql.so: cannot open >shared object file: No such file or directory. >This directory does exist on my system. How do I tell the program where >to find it? >Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am new to C and there did not >seem to be any makefiles in the demo directory. Hello. I have installed Informix Dynamic Server 7.30 on RedHat Linux 6.0. (it's probably same...) You're right, there's no makefile :) Look to script named esql located at $INFORMIXDIR/bin. You may be need to add a couple of compiler's options : -Wl,-rpath=$INFORMIXDIR/lib -Wl,-rpath=$INFORMIXDIR/lib/esql these options are ld's options: "add a directory to the runtime library search path" (see "man ld", "man gcc") bye. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

In article <83kssu$jg1$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, costan999@my-deja.com wrote: > > >In the demo directory I found some basic esql C programs (demo1.ec). I > >would like to compile and run the demo1.ec program. It seemed to > >compile > >OK but when I tried to run it I get this error message. > > >demo1: error in loading shared libraries: libifsql.so: cannot open > >shared object file: No such file or directory. > > >This directory does exist on my system. How do I tell the program where > >to find it? > >Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am new to C and there did not > >seem to be any makefiles in the demo directory. > > Hello. > I have installed Informix Dynamic Server 7.30 on RedHat Linux 6.0. > (it's probably same...) > You're right, there's no makefile :) > > Look to script named esql located at $INFORMIXDIR/bin. > You may be need to add a couple of compiler's options : > > -Wl,-rpath=$INFORMIXDIR/lib -Wl,-rpath=$INFORMIXDIR/lib/esql > > these options are ld's options: "add a directory to the runtime library > search path" (see "man ld", "man gcc") > > bye. You can do that but it is probably safer to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$INFORMIXDIR/lib/esql:$INFORMIXDIR/lib:/usr/lib andexport it. In this way if you need to move $INFORMIXDIR or run the application on a different system the search path is not hard coded. Art S. Kagel Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.