@section install_yours_trouble Troubleshooting your project setup
-@subsection install_yours_trouble_libpath Many undefined references
+@subsection install_yours_trouble_libpath error while loading shared libraries: libsimgrid.so
-Sometimes, the following error message (or similar) will be produced.
+Sometimes, the following error message (or similar) will be produced:
+@verbatim
+./masterworker1: error while loading shared libraries: libsimgrid.so:
+cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
+@endverbatim
+
+The same problem can make the execution of your programs spit pages
+and pages of errors similar to the following. If there is only a few
+undefined references, then you want to read the next section.
@verbatim
masterworker.c:209: undefined reference to `sg_version_check'
masterworker.c:209: undefined reference to `MSG_init_nocheck'
(and many other undefined references)
@endverbatim
-It means that the system does not manage to find simgrid when it tries
-to execute your programs. Specify where to search with the
-<tt>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</tt> variable. Try running the following command
-before executing your code. If it helps, you should add this line to
-your ~/.bashrc so that it gets executed each time you log into your
-computer.
+In both cases, it means that the system does not manage to find the
+simgrid library when it tries to execute your programs. Under Linux,
+specify where to search with the <tt>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</tt> variable.
+Try running the following command before executing your code. If it
+helps, you should add this line to your ~/.bashrc so that it gets
+executed each time you log into your computer.
@verbatim
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/simgrid/lib
Under Linux, you can find which version was used with the following
command that will display the full path to every used dynamic library.
-Once you've found the obsolete copy of SimGrid, just erase it and
-relaunch your program.
+Once you've found the obsolete copy of SimGrid, just erase it, and
+recompile and relaunch your program.
@verbatim ldd yoursimulator
@endverbatim
