ImportError: libboost_python.so.1.49.0

[Dylan Dandelion]

I managed to build and use pyv8, but I had to workaround this error
message:

>>> import PyV8
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "PyV8.py", line 19, in <module>
import _PyV8
ImportError: libboost_python.so.1.49.0: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory


I didn't have root access and thus installed boost python to a custom
directory, and had to use this for the above error:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/custom/path/to/libboost

Is this workaround necessary or are there other ways to allow finding
the libboost_python.so with having to set this environment variable?

Thanks.