Why doesn't MySQL installation on an Ubuntu linux 16.04 OS require user to specify LD_LIBRARY Why doesn't MySQL installation on ubuntu 16.04's linux require the user to specify LD_LIBRARY_PATH to resolve its runtime dependencies? 

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The expert @roaima says, "Because MySQL is a packaged application that stores its libraries in one of the "well known places".