As I told Martin, both approaches have their disadvantages. However, you need to do *something*. Out of the box, if you use a --prefix other than /usr or /usr/local, the sample program won't run because it cannot find libMapi.so at run time. So, if you have a better idea... On 2007-03-01 15:53, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:

Update of /cvsroot/monetdb/clients/src/mapilib In directory sc8-pr-cvs7.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv16906/src/mapilib

Modified Files: Mapi.mx Log Message: propagated changes of Wednesday Feb 28 2007 - Thursday Mar 01 2007 from the Clients_1-16 branch to the development trunk

Index: Mapi.mx =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/monetdb/clients/src/mapilib/Mapi.mx,v retrieving revision 1.6 retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -d -r1.6 -r1.7 --- Mapi.mx 20 Feb 2007 10:48:07 -0000 1.6 +++ Mapi.mx 1 Mar 2007 14:52:59 -0000 1.7 @@ -141,6 +141,26 @@ @end verbatim @end example

+It assumes that the dynamic loadable libraries are in public places. +If, however, the system is installed in your private environment +then either one of the two following options can be used. + +@example +@verbatim +cc sample.c `monetdb-clients-config --cflags --libs` -lMapi -o sample \ +-Wl,rpath,`monetdb-clients-config --libdir` +./sample +@end verbatim +@end example + +@example +@verbatim +export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`monetdb-clients-config --libdir` +cc sample.c `monetdb-clients-config --cflags --libs` -lMapi -o sample +./sample +@end verbatim +@end example + The compilation on Windows is slightly more complicated. It requires more attention towards the location of the include files and libraries.

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