Where to set gobal environment variables in Breezy?

[mmcmonster]

Hi.
I just compiled wxWidgets, which put its libraries in /usr/local/lib. I then compiled a program that used those libraries, which of course it could not find. If I add /usr/local/lib to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH in my .bashrc, the program works fine if I fun it from a terminal window.

My question:
In breezy, how can I add /usr/local/lib to the global LD_LIBRARY_PATH (for all users, without having them run the application from a terminal window (so adding to .bashrc is out))?

I tried adding the following to ~/.gnomerc, but it didn't work:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

I tried adding the following to /etc/environment, but it didn't work:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
I also tried the following in /etc/environment with no success.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib

I also appended the following to /etc/profile with no luck:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

As you can see, I am pretty much at my wit's end. Any ideas?

[LordHunter317]

You shouldn't set LD_LIBRARY_PATH by default at all, but rather edit /etc/ld.so.conf and then run sudo ldconfig.

[mmcmonster]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I placed the following in /etc/ld.so.conf:
/lib
/usr/lib
/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/local/lib

Everything works great now. :-)

I guess I just have to add what I want, and all the defaults will be added automatically? (eg: I don't have to worry about directories missing, right?)