.. _environment_variables:

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Environment variables
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Environment variables directly defined or referenced by this package.

.. envvar:: CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH

    Environment variable (or :term:`CMake` option) used to locate directory
    to look for configurations.

    .. seealso:: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/envvar/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.html

.. envvar:: LD_LIBRARY_PATH

    Environment variable used on Linux/UNIX System to locate shared libraries.

.. envvar:: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

    Environment variable used on macOS System to locate shared libraries.

.. envvar:: PATH

    Environment variable used to specifies the directories to be searched to
    find a command. On Windows system, this environment variable is also used
    to locate shared libraries.