Runtime error when running from terminal, but not from Eclipse

Question

I have a C++ project on eclipse which compiles and runs fine from eclipse, but when trying to run it from the terminal inside the workspace directory, i get the following error :

./my_project: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

What can be the problem?

Answer 1

It's likely that Eclipse is adding libstdc++.so.3 to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable when you run it inside of eclipse, but it isn't there in your regular shell.

Check to make sure LD_LIBRARY_PATH is defined and includes all the necessary libraries your program needs and you should be good.