# Building with geo-ip when GeoIP lib in non-standard location **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [October 11, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308 "2010-10-11T12:48:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/1 "2010-10-11T12:48:28Z")
I have the GeoIP lib installed in a non standard location. I am configuring nginx like `./configure --prefix=$NGX_PATH --with-pcre=$HOME/tarballs/pcre-8.10 --without-http_autoindex_module --without-http_charset_module --without-http_empty_gif_module --without-http_geo_module --without-http_ssi_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-cc-opt="-I $HOME/apps/GeoIP/include" --with-ld-opt="-L $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib"` Nginx will configure, make and make install okay. But when I try to start it I get the error `error while loading shared libraries: libGeoIP.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory` How should I get nginx with the geo-ip module to work when the GeoIP lib is installed in a non-standard location? Thanks Dave Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Building with geo-ip when GeoIP lib in non-standard location](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139261#msg-139261)** > > I have the GeoIP lib installed in a non standard location. I am configuring nginx like \[code\]./configure --prefix=$NGX\_PATH --with-pcre=$HOME/tarballs/pcre-8.10 --without-http\_autoindex\_module --without-http\_charset\_module... ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/2 "2010-10-11T13:44:04Z")
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 06:47:22AM -0400, djeyewater wrote: > Nginx will configure, make and make install okay. > > But when I try to start it I get the error > > `error while loading shared libraries: libGeoIP.so.1: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory` > > How should I get nginx with the geo-ip module to work when the GeoIP lib > is installed in a non-standard location? Try –with-ld-opt=“-R $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib -L $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib”[/code] – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)** ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/3 "2010-10-11T14:44:22Z")
Igor S. Wrote: > Try > > –with-ld-opt=“-R $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib -L > $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib” Unfortunately I get the following error when running configure with that: `./configure: error: the invalid value in --with-ld-opt="-R /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib -L /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib"` Dave Posted at Nginx Forum: [http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139292#msg-139292](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139292#msg-139292) ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/4 "2010-10-11T14:49:03Z")
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 08:43:04AM -0400, djeyewater wrote: > /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib -L > /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib"[/code] What is in objs/autoconf.err near this test ? – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)** ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/5 "2010-10-11T17:38:16Z")
## Igor S. Wrote: > What is in objs/autoconf.err near this test ? Hi Igor objs/autoconf.err has [code]checking for --with-ld-opt=“-R /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib -L /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib” gcc: unrecognized option ‘-R’ /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib: file not recognized: Is a directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status[/code] The gcc and ld versions installed are: gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48) GNU ld version 2.17.50.0.6-14.el5 20061020 Dave Posted at Nginx Forum: [http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139368#msg-139368](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139368#msg-139368) ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/6 "2010-10-11T21:26:11Z")
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:36:48AM -0400, djeyewater wrote: > gcc: unrecognized option ‘-R’ > /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib: file not recognized: Is a directory > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status[/code] > > The gcc and ld versions installed are: > gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48) > GNU ld version 2.17.50.0.6-14.el5 20061020 Then try: –with-ld-opt=“-rpath $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib -L $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib” – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)** ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/7 "2010-10-11T21:26:14Z")
## Igor S. Wrote: > Then try: > > –with-ld-opt=“-rpath $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib -L > $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib” Unfortunately that’s the same (from autoconf.err): [code]checking for --with-ld-opt=“-rpath /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib -L /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib” gcc: unrecognized option ‘-rpath’ /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib: file not recognized: Is a directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status[/code] Dave Posted at Nginx Forum: [http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139436#msg-139436](http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139436#msg-139436) ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/8 "2010-10-11T21:26:14Z")
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 02:43:44PM -0400, djeyewater wrote: > [code]checking for --with-ld-opt=“-rpath /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib > -L /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib” > > gcc: unrecognized option ‘-rpath’ > /home/djeyewater/apps/GeoIP/lib: file not recognized: Is a directory > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status[/code] Oh, sorry, I have just noticed that this is an gcc’s error, but not linker’s one. Try –with-ld-opt=“-Wl,-R,$HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib -L $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib” or –with-ld-opt=“-Wl,-rpath,$HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib -L $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib” – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)** ---
**Author:** ![djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@djeyewater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/djeyewater)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-with-geo-ip-when-geoip-lib-in-non-standard-location/196308/9 "2010-10-12T16:27:47Z")
`--with-ld-opt="-Wl,-R,$HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib -L $HOME/apps/GeoIP/lib"` worked Thanks for the help! Dave Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Building with geo-ip when GeoIP lib in non-standard location](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,139261,139730#msg-139730)** > > I have the GeoIP lib installed in a non standard location. I am configuring nginx like \[code\]./configure --prefix=$NGX\_PATH --with-pcre=$HOME/tarballs/pcre-8.10 --without-http\_autoindex\_module --without-http\_charset\_module...