Is LD_LIBRARY_PATH the only way?

[lbilli]

I can use RCall only if I start julia like this:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/R/lib julia

otherwise the linker can't find libRblas.so, as it has already been discussed.
I was wondering if that's still the only way. I've tried adding:

 ENV["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = "/usr/lib64/R/lib"

in startup.jl but that doesn't work.

[randy3k]

The environment variable has to be set before Julia is loaded.

You could patchelf libR.so (if you know what it means). Otherwise, there are no other fixes.

[lbilli]

Got it. Thanks!

[lbilli]

As of Julia 1.7.2 it looks like specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not required anymore.