ld can't find liblpsolve55.so; compilation error

[martin seybold]

the dynamic lib liblpsolve55.so comes with the package `lp-solve` installed to /usr/lib/lp_solve/liblpsolve55.so .

when compiling a programm to link against liblpsolve55.so, ld cannot find the library.
So, either
1) please add /usr/lib/lp_solve/ to the ld library path
or
2) let the package lp-solve contain a symlink to the library:
/usr/lib$ ls -ali liblpsolve55.so
11284987 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Apr 16 16:46 liblpsolve55.so -> lp_solve/liblpsolve55.so

[Martin Pokorny (martin-truffulatree)]

This could be solved by installing a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d, for example lpsolve.conf, with the content
/usr/lib/lp_solve. Surely the package ought to do this.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Martin Pokorny (martin-truffulatree)]

Of course, the library file could also be installed straight into /usr/lib. Why is it in a sub-directory to begin with?