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Specifying non-standard library path

asked 2011-07-10 08:54:02 -0500

DavidS
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How do I specify a non-standard library path while building a standard ROS package?

I tried:

LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/hdf5/lib/' rosmake pcl

which did not work.

Archlinux 2.6.39-ARCH

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answered 2011-07-10 12:11:07 -0500

dornhege

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You can add a link_directories(/usr/local/hdf5/lib) entry to the package's CMakeLists.txt.

Depending on the library you look for, there might be a nice CMake way (instead of hardcoding): CMake libraries.

I'm not aware of a nice ROS way similar to rosdep.

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answered 2011-07-12 12:53:31 -0500

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Using environmental variables does not appear to work...

In the end, I had to change CMakeLists.txt.

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answered 2011-07-11 03:30:52 -0500

Brian Gerkey
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Assuming that you're using gcc, try this:

LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/hdf5/lib rosmake pcl

If there are shared libraries in there, you'll also need to add that directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH at runtime to execute programs that link against hdf5.

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