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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/guides/install-c-api.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/dist/c/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
```
On MacOS:
```bash
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/dist/c/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/dist/c/lib:/path/to/python/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
```
Alternatively, you can set the runtime library path during compilation by adding
```
-Wl,-rpath,/path/to/dist/c/lib
-Wl,-rpath,/path/to/dist/c/lib -Wl,-rpath,/path/to/python/lib
```
to the compiler flags.
to the compiler flags. This ensures your program can find both the Qiskit library and the required Python libraries (such as libpython3.xx.dylib).

Now you can execute the binary:
```bash
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