[companion-discuss] [gnu-sol-discuss] setting PATHs for headers/libs - GNU Autoconf, Automake

[Moinak Ghosh]

Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote:
>> Same as with Linux:
>>
>> -I/usr/local/include
>>
>>     
>
>   
>> -L path-to-library-at-link-time -R path-to-library-at-runtime
>>
>>     
>
> Hi Bart,
>
> thank you... but...
>
> my test applications are also instaled with the GNU Autotools. My
> problem is that, during the ./configure phase, configure can't find the
> header files in /usr/local/include. If, I install the header files
> in /usr/include configure will find them and things work just fine.
>
> The same goes for the lib. If I install the lib in /usr/lib the Solaris
> loader is able to find the lib and run the program. But if I put it in
> the default Autotools dir /usr/local/lib the Solaris "ld" will not find
> it... :(
>   

   If you are looking to enable configure to go to the correct search 
paths, this
   should do the trick:

   CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L /usr/local/lib -R 
/usr/local/lib" ./configure

   It'd also enable your apps to be built with the correct embedded search
   paths.

Regards,
Moinak.