I'm compiling a c++ program using g++ and ld. I have a .so library I want to be used during linking. However, a library of the same name exists in /usr/local/lib, and ld is choosing that library over the one I'm directly specifying. How can I fix this?

For the examples below, my library file is /my/dir/libfoo.so.0. Things I've tried that don't work:

  • my g++ command is g++ -g -Wall -o my_binary -L/my/dir -lfoo bar.cpp
  • adding /my/dir to the beginning or end of my $PATH en` variable
  • adding /my/dir/libfoo.so.0 as an argument to g++
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