[libcamera-devel] [PATCH] README: Add 'ldconfig' note

[Jacopo Mondi]

Hi Kieran

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 12:25:30PM +0100, Kieran Bingham via libcamera-devel wrote:
> Provide an update in the README.rst to reflect that a first install may
> require a manual call to 'ldconfig' as the root user.
>
> Meson install does not do this.
>

Nothing specific about libcamera here, but I guess it doesn't hurt

Reviewed-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi at ideasonboard.com>

> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
> ---
>  README.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
> index 34b6b49f3575..48629280a936 100644
> --- a/README.rst
> +++ b/README.rst
> @@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ To fetch the sources, build and install:
>    meson setup build
>    ninja -C build install
>
> +
> +First run
> +~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +For a first install, or an install with a newer library version the linker
> +configuration may need to be updated. If you experience any error such as :
> +
> +::
> +
> +   cam: error while loading shared libraries: libcamera.so.0.0.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> +
> +please run:
> +
> +::
> +
> +  sudo ldconfig
> +
> +
>  Dependencies
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>