did not find necessary libraries using --prefix

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:45 PM,  <Daniel.Heiserer at bmw.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I configure octave so it will install in a special application path "$PREIFX" using:
>
> ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX
>
> in this path additional libaries (in this case) qhull are also installed.
> However octave does not see/find them in this path. I also tried with the other
> "goodies" such as
> UMFPACK COLAMD CCOLAMD CHOLMOD HDF5
> without success.
>
> Does octave look for necessary libraries only in the standard directory and ignores the
> added with --prefix
> OR is the error on my side?
>
> Thanks and best regards, daniel heiserer
>


Yes, --prefix applies to installation only. Compiler and linker do not
know about it.
You should use -L and -rpath.


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