How do I do this "install: you may need to run ldconfig"

I need to install readline on a Linux server. Since I don't have sudo access, I tried this instruction but I got into a problem.

I've installed readline by using ./configure, make, make install. In the end it asks me install: you may need to run ldconfig.

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I've installed readline by using ./configure, make, make install. At the end it ask me install: you may need to run ldconfig.

So you just need to run the command

sudo ldconfig

What is ldconfig

ldconfig is a program that is used to maintain the shared library cache. This cache is typically stored in the file /etc/ld.so.cache and is used by the system to map a shared library name to the location of the corresponding shared library file

man ldconfig

 ldconfig - configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
DESCRIPTION ldconfig creates, updates, and removes the necessary links and cache (for use by the run-time linker, ld.so) to the most recent shared libraries found in the directories specified on the command line, in the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and in the trusted directories (/usr/lib and /lib). ldconfig checks the header and file names of the libraries it encounters when determining which versions should have their links updated. ldconfig ignores symbolic links when scanning for libraries.

For more information see : What-does-ldconfig-do?

UPDATE: solution for -bash: ldconfig: command not found

As told in comments below when you ran the echo $PATH gives

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

while ldconfig is inside /sbin which is outside the PATH, so you have then either to run the commands by absolute path like /sbin/ldconfig or correct your path.

To correct your PATH do the following:

gedit ~/.bashrc

add the line

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Now save and exit then source .bashrc

source .bashrc

So now you can use the commands directly