[OTR-users] Problem with otr 3.0.0 and gaim 2 beta 6 (Installed but not showing in plugins list)

[Ian Goldberg]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 02:05:14PM +0100, Matt Joyce wrote:
> Err correction, locate libotr.so.2 told be exactly where the file is:
> 
> mjoyce at zeus ~ $ locate libotr.so.2
> /home/mjoyce/Desktop/libotr-3.0.0/src/.libs/libotr.so.2.0.0
> /home/mjoyce/Desktop/libotr-3.0.0/src/.libs/libotr.so.2
> /usr/local/lib/libotr.so.2.0.0
> /usr/local/lib/libotr.so.2
> 
> So its in /usr/local/lib so how then can I tell gaim-otr that is where
> it is so that it actually finds it when it is looking for it?

The easiest thing is to put:

/usr/local/lib

in your /etc/ld.so.conf file.  [If you don't have a file with that name,
make one that contains just the above line.]

Then (as root) run "ldconfig -v".  Now shared libraries in that
directory will be found automatically (by all programs).

   - Ian