Program runs in QtCreator, but can't find libs when running through terminal

[Compeau]

Since your running Linux, is there a reason you have not installed the libraries in the default library search path?

If so, you can set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to run your program.

That did it, thanks. I had no idea how to set this, but a quick google search found the solution that worked. Here's what I did:

1.) use < .bashrc > file in home directory
2.) add this line: "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/whatever/lib ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH"