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Asked: 2017-01-04 10:15:07 +0800 CST

Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH causes terminal app to not open [duplicate]

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I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in my ~/.profile in order for my oracle client to work.

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

I succeeded in getting the oracle client to work, but I am unable to launch the normal terminal app, although xterm still works.

Is there a special way to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH that will keep Ubuntu happy?

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1 Answers

  1. This seems to apply...

    Note: You can only set this environment variable inside an interactive shell. [ie a terminal ] Since Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, LD_LIBRARY_PATH cannot be set in $HOME/.profile, /etc/profile, nor /etc/environment files. You must use /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf configuration files. See Launchpad bug #366728 for more information.

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