[LAD] question on dynamic linking

Hiho, I am having a discussion on the supercollider front about what is the proper way for dynamic linking. as far as I know, you use ldconfig and have the library location that programs dynamically link to defined in /etc/ld.so.conf but what is supposed to happen if the user just installs the program to a directory in his home directory? how should the dynamic linking be defined? esp. if the user does not have the root rights to change anything in /etc/ld.so.conf or to run ldconfig. I did not find anything quick on the net about this, so maybe one of you can enlighten me what is the "proper" way of dealing with this. sincerely, Marije