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Part 1: Getting Started : Quick Start Connect : Configuring and Connecting on UNIX and Linux : Setting the Library Path Environment Variable (Salesforce Driver on UNIX/Linux)
  
Setting the Library Path Environment Variable (Salesforce Driver on UNIX/Linux)
Before you can use the Salesforce driver, you must set the library path environment variable for your UNIX/Linux operating system to the directory containing your JVM’s libjvm.so [sl | a] file, and that directory’s parent directory.
NOTE FOR HP-UX: You also must set the LD_PRELOAD environment variable to the fully qualified path of the libjvm.so.
32-bit Salesforce Driver: Library Path Environment Variable
Set the library path environment variable to the directory containing your 32-bit JVM’s libjvm.so [sl | a] file, and that directory’s parent directory.
*LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX (Itanium)
*SHLIB_PATH on HP PA-RISC
*LIBPATH on AIX
64-bit Salesforce Driver: Library Path Environment Variable
Set the library path environment variable to the directory containing your 64-bit JVM’s libjvm.so [sl | a] file, and that directory’s parent directory.
*LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Solaris, HP-UX (Itanium), and Linux
*LIBPATH on AIX