How to clean the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable and set a new one without conflicts?
05:10 27 Jan 2026

I had to install different versions of Isaac sim on my laptop due to crash. I later cleared other versions and kept only 4.5. as I ran the following command for safety check,

echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

I got the output

/usr/local/cuda-13.0/lib64:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gazebo-11/plugins:/opt/ros/humble/opt/rviz_ogre_vendor/lib:/opt/ros/humble/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/opt/ros/humble/lib

My Isaac sim runs with ROS just fine without changing this path, but I am facing issues in certain functionalities, e.g. LiDAR /scan topic. I want to set this path correctly so that there will not be any conflicts. Please help!

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