What is LD_LIBRARY_PATH and how to use it?

Question

I take part in developing a Java project, which uses some C++ components, thus I need Jacob.dll. (on Windows 7)

I keep getting java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:

Answer 1

LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the default library path which is accessed to check for available dynamic and shared libraries. It is specific to linux distributions.

It is similar to environment variable PATH in windows that linker checks for possible implementations during linking time.