I want to add a program to my $PATH, but its code is split into various files that it imports at run-time from a lib/ in its root directory.

projectRootDirectory
├ programBinary
└ lib
  ├ someLibrary
  └ someLibrary2

How do I add such a program to my $PATH without it complaining about missing dependencies?

I'd normally get the binary into /usr/local/bin by

• copying

   cp /path/to/programBinary /usr/local/bin
  

• or symlinking

   cd /usr/local/bin
   ln -s /path/to/programBinary programBinary
  

but both make it fail to find its dependencies.

I can't move the whole directory into /usr/local/bin because some of the required files are executables too, which I don't want cluttering my $PATH.

How should I be doing this?