I've a python wheel which contains shared libraries *.so alongwith the python module. Those shared libraries are created using setuptools.command.build_ext [via cmake].
Upon installing the wheel
pip install <name>.whl
All the python packages are installed in /opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/<package>/ while the shared libraries are installed in /opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages
However, by default LD_LIBRARY_PATH doesn't search for /opt/conda/lib/python3.6
Is it considered a best practice to force users to update LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the directory that contains shared libraries as part of python package installation? or is there a better way of handling it at compile-time so that the shared libraries are accessible for the users [who don't compile it but just install the python package] without updating the LD_LIBRARY_PATH?