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

[Nick Warne]

On 09/03/14 13:35, Didier Spaier wrote:
> On 09/03/2014 14:30, Nick Warne wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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...
>>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> All those $VARS do in the build is where to install the package libs (if you use it).
>>
>> 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?

Yes, sure:

./configure

:)

This is nothing to do with the slackbuild of dsniff!  I just used that 
as an example (as this is when I found this issue).

I just do not know why the slackbuild ./configure doesn't see libnet 
libs in /usr/local/lib yet the system does!

Nick
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