Variations Across Systems |
Remember that the equivalent of a Dynamic Linked Library (DLL) under Unix/Linux is a shared library.
Just like DLLs under Windows, it's necessary for shared libraries to be included in the library path environment variable. For many Unix flavors like Solaris and Linux, this environment variable is LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Unfortunately, this is not standard for every Unix flavor.
The table below describes the names of the environment variable for library search path for each system:
| System | Name |
|---|---|
| Linux | LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
| Solaris | LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
| Hpux | SHLIB_PATH |
| Mac | LD_LIBRARY_PATH or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH |
The shared object, libchm_java, also has different names for each system:
| System | Name |
|---|---|
| Linux | libchm_java.so |
| Solaris | libchm_java.so |
| Hpux | libchm_java.sl |
| Mac | libchm_java.jnilib |
Also, the format of the path variables is not the same. Directories under Unix/Linux are separated by "/" rather than "\" characters. Colons " : " rather than semicolons " ; " are used to separate each path.