Linking GLFW as shared object

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I really enjoy GLFW’s interface which is why I use it in every project where I have to deal with windows.

Now I wanted to try something new: In my earlier projects I compiled GLFW along with my source code. To not have to deal with many files, I compiled GLFW as shared library (.so) and put it in a folder called /lib. My executable ends up in the folder /bin, where a soft link referres to /lib. As a result, the directory tree looks like this:

root
|- /bin
|  |- /lib (link)
|  |  |- libglfw.so (link)
|  |
|  |- executable
|
|- /lib
|  |- libglfw.so
|
|- /include (...)  //GLFW includes
|
|- /src
  |- (...)

Before compiling GLFW I set BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to ON. Usage is as follows:

#include <iostream>
#define GLFW_DLL
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>


int main(){

    std::cout << "test1" << std::endl;

    int a = glfwInit();
    std::cout  << "test2" << std::endl;

}

In eclipse I set gcc’s -l flag to glfw and -L flag to lib/. I even set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable to /lib and it compiles without any issues.
However, all I get is a nice line of linker output (at runtime):

/bin/Editor: error while loading shared libraries: libglfw.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I couldn’t find any solution online, so that’s why I ask here. Did I made a mistake when compiling the library?
I am really desperate because of this nasty linker error.
Thank you very much in advance.

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Ok I solved it. I was not allowed to modify the .so file’s version suffix. When I compile with libglfw.so.3 it correctly links and executes.