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

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

On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Geoffrey Furnish wrote:

> The jvm has already been linked by the time we get it, there isn't
> much we can do about it.  When you dlopen something in the jvm, it's
> gonna look wherever it looks.  You can influence this by
> LD_LIBARY_PATH, or by editng ld.so.conf or whatever.  That's to /find/
> libplplot.so.

Yes, that is the crux of the issue.  I am interested in non-LD_LIBRARY_PATH
options (if they exist) for solving this problem under java.

>
> ....In other words, I think you are expressing a beef with the JVM, not
> with plplot.  If I've misunderstood, please clarify.

I agree there is nothing we can do with libplplot.  What I am asking is
whether there is a mechanism *under java* (some additional command in
PLStream.java or some javac option) which allows java to find libplplot (or
any other C extension library) when it is installed in a non-standard place.
I would be surprised and disappointed if java relied solely on
LD_LIBRARY_PATH to solve this problem.

Alan