How can LD_LIBRARY_PATH be changed within CMake?

Question

I have a local shared library which is not in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I want to run my executable, but since it cannot find the shared library in the system folders, it outputs \"

Answer 1

When you use this solution:

SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)

Remembter to set the RPATH before defining the targets in your CMake-File. So this instruction have to be before add_executable() or add_library() is called, otherwise it has no effect.