Thank you once again Alexander. Actually, the problem is I don't know HOW to add my LIBDIR path to /etc/ld.so.conf. When I open /etc/ld.so.conf this is what I get: ----- /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/sane /usr/lib/qt-3.1/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/lib ------ So how do I add LIBDIR as a global environment parameter? Do I put it in my ld.so.conf file? What exactly do I add?? Should it be in my /etc/profile instead?? All I want to do is have the installers be able to find my LIBDIR because I have gotten this error message with many programs. Yes I have run ldconfig (-v so I could read output) and there were no errors. I have no problem either editing the Makefile or giving an argument to ./configure, I just want to know how to set the LIBDIR parameter globally since that is what the installers seem to be looking for. Thank you so much for your help. Will >Ah, I see now what's going on. >You say you added your library path to /etc/ld.so.conf. Did you run >ldconfig too? >If that does not work for you, you will have to pass ./configure the >additional library path as said above with one of the possibilities a >"./configure --help" offers you. Or you just edit the Makefile and add the >-L/usr/local/lib to the proper place. > Here is sample output of the install.... > ------------------------------- > Libraries have been installed in: > /usr/local/lib > > To link against installed libraries in a given directory, LIBDIR, > you must use the `-LLIBDIR' flag during linking. > > You will also need to do one of the following: > - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable during > execution > - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf' > ----------------------------------
