shared library not found while linking C program

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

COMPILE:
gcc toto.o myOwnSharedLibrary.so -o toto.executable
(Always put the files WITH the dependency first, and the files that PROVIDE 
the linkage later in the link line.  Probably not necessary for .so files, 
but a good habit to get into.)

RUN:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH toto.exectuable

I assume you don't have . (current working directory) in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

--Eljay