On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:46:02 +0000, ingmar@exherbo.org wrote:
> > ubuntu 9.10 and I don't have LDPATH set at all. Thanks, I will try to
> > fix that.
> 
> Oh, nevermind what I said earlier.
> 
> Verify that  /usr/local/lib is in /etc/ld.so.conf. If not add it there. Then run ldconfig
> after installing notmuch, then it should work. Doing everything with the package manager makes
> you forget the basics.

As, I just said in a different reply. Running "sudo ldconfig" fixed it on
a stock Ubuntu system.