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From: Tim Prince (tprince_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-16 13:07:55


At 11:35 PM 2/15/2005, you wrote:

>Thanks. <Insert sheepish look here>. I should have found that myself,
>obviously I can't read....
>
>Damien
>
>Jeff Squyres wrote:
>
>>On Feb 15, 2005, at 4:20 PM, Damien Hocking wrote:
>>
>>>./conftest: error while loading shared libraries: libcxaguard.so.5:
>>>cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>>This is the problem (from config.log). Configure tried to compile
>>something with ifort and then tried to run it, but got this shared
>>library error.
>>
>>This typically means that there is something missing from your
>>LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

After hearing how perplexed people can be when first setting up to use the
x86-64 operating system, I'm somewhat amazed that I couldn't find a useful
introduction to 32- vs 64-bit software setup. It shouldn't be so difficult
for someone in an organization without so many review hurdles. Maybe some
of it could go into a LAM FAQ.

Tim Prince