Incorrect setting of RPATH in plumed binary

[IgnacioJPickering]

When configuring plumed with ./configure --prefix=~/.local, the resulting plumed binary has no rpath, and consequently libplumedKernel.so can't be found.

I fixed this manually with patchelf --set-rpath ~/.local/lib ./plumed but I believe this should be addressed in the configure script / Makefile.

[GiovanniBussi]

I think you should configure with

./configure --prefix=~/.local --enable-rpath

Would you suggest to make this the default?

[IgnacioJPickering]

Thank you for the quick response! I didn't realize that was an option for the configure script. If that option sets RUNPATH correctly, and it uses $ORIGIN, then I would suggest either making it the default or adding something in the documentation that explains this (there may already be a section that I didn't find). I believe otherwise building with a non-standard prefix (i.e. something other than /usr/local) would be broken by default unless the user manually changes LD_LIBRARY_PATH or patches the elf with the correct rpath.

I came across this issue because I needed to install plumed in a cluster where I have no sudo access (I also prefer to install my binaries in ~/.local in general)