[Plplot-devel] How can java be told permanently about where to find libplplot(d)?

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

Our java examples work only if LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set, but I *really*
dislike the necessity of having to set this variable. (I believe Joao has
also commented on this problem.) Essentially, we need some java equivalent
to the -rpath option so that libplplot(d) is always found by java. From the
description I thought the -extdirs option on javac command might do the job,
but it doesn't (according to my tests). Perhaps we need a command inside
PLStream.java?

Once somebody informs me of the proper way to tell java permanently how to
find our library, I am willing to do the configuration work so that this
happens automatically both for the tmp directory and the installed directory
similarly to the way we handle rpath now.

Alan

email: ir...@be...
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Dr. Alan W. Irwin
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 3P6
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