version 0.6.5 error while loading shared libraries

after installing version 0.6.5 from tarball I am getting this error: /usr/local/bin/mousepad: error while loading shared libraries: libmousepad.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

The libraries are indeed in /usr/local/lib/
maybe they should be in /usr/local/lib/mousepad ?

I did get these fatal errors during meson compile and install. not sure if that is the cause or not.
meson compile -C build:
[15/94] Generating xfce-revision.h with a custom command
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
[94/94] Linking target mousepad/mousepad

meson install -C build:
ninja: Entering directory `/user/zBuilds/mousepad-mousepad-0.6.5/build'
[1/31] Generating xfce-revision.h with a custom command
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

changed the description

You need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH: LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" mousepad

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yes that works thanks. but shouldn't there be a way to link these during compile?

They are linked at compile time. Whether or not the library locations on your system are correctly configured is another matter.