I've been trying to solve this for a few hours now. I am compiling some c files using gcc. The files require libpbc, so I am using the -L flag to point gcc at the directory which contains libpbc.so.1. The code compiles without error yet when I attempt to run it I get the following error message:

./example.out: error while loading shared libraries: libpbc.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Looking at similar questions this error message seems to indicate that gcc can't find libpbc.so.1. I know gcc sees libpbc.so.1 because when I rename libpbc.so.1 to something else it fails to compile.

I am using -L to point to the directory which contains libpbc.so.1.

Not sure what next steps I can take to figure this out. Would appreciate any ideas. What does this error message mean exactly?