Distributing a shared library and adding it to the user's library path automatically?

[mattrobin]

Hello! Sorry, I understand this isn't a strictly cibuildwheel question, but I would certainly be using cibuildwheel as the framework to prepare this, and I think the cibuildwheel community is one of the most likely to know the answer.

Is there a way to setup the wheel package to add a shared library to the user's library path on install?

For scripts/executables, using project.scripts in my pyproject.toml, I can add a script to one of the user's bin directories, which usually results in the script being added to the user's path so that after they pip install my_package they can run my_command immediately. With a pre-compiled binary, I would have that command script just be a minimal wrapper around the binary.

Is there a way to do something similar to get the shared library into the user's library path? I know I can resort to Conda package to accomplish this if needed, because Conda has a full environment. Or I can simply include a script that reveals the path to the user so they can manually add the library to their path. However, if possible, it would great if I could simply require the user to install the package via pip and have it automatically added to their path.

Thank you for your time!