[Slackbuilds-users] libs in /usr/local/lib

[Didier Spaier]

On 09/03/2014 14:30, Nick Warne wrote:
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> On 09/03/14 13:19, Didier Spaier wrote:
>> On 09/03/2014 13:36, Nick Warne wrote:
>>> Using slackbuild dsniff (as an example), I find that slackbuild fails on ./configure as it thinks libnet is not installed.
>>>
>>> Now, not to confuse things, this is on my AMD64 running Slack 12.1 (no multilib) and I often build/install 'lesser used libs' into /usr/local/lib and run/update ldconfig on installation.
>>>
>>> I can configure dsniff by hand fine, all libs are found - but using the slack script, it doesn't find them...
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>> Alla SlackBuilds for libnet (there is none fo Salcakre 12.1) include this:
>>
>> elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
>>     SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
>>     LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
>>
>> So this configure option:
>> --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
>> expands to:
>> --libdir=/usr/lib64
>>
>> But there is no /usr/lib64 directory in Slackware 12.1.
>>
>> Could that be the issue?
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> I looked at that - forgot to say too that this was a Slamd64 distro before Pat made the official 64bit build, so I do have a /usr/lib64 (for years).
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> All those $VARS do in the build is where to install the package libs (if you use it).
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> And it doesn't matter where the libs are installed to - the 'system' knows they are there ref. ldconfig and a manual ./configure works...

Then, would you mind posting your full (with all options) manual configure command that works?