> 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.

Regards,
Ingmar