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Where do I set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH on Mac OS X, and is it a good idea?

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I am trying to install a solver written in C++ on my Mac (OS X), for use with code I have written in XCode. The solver documentation says this: Be sure to have "." in your in order to run the ready-built executables link with the libamg.dylib (and the gfortran RTSlibs) I don't really understand wha…

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DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

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It's an environment variable and as such is usually set in Terminal by says: This is a colon separated list of directories that contain libraries. The dynamic linker searches these directories before it searches the default locations for libraries. …

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