[AL] cannot find -l-L/usr/local/lib error when compiling

[Bob K. <Arm...@rc...>]

I am new to allegro and linux, so I apologize if the answer is very 
obvious. I downloaded and installed allegro 4.0.3 .tar files according 
to the instructions in /docs/build/unix.txt and everything seemed to go 
okay. I wrote a simple program to test by reporting the allegro library 
version, but when I compile, I get a "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find 
-l-L/usr/local/lib collect2: ld returned 1 exit status" error. I am not 
sure why it is adding the "-l" to the "-L/usr/local/lib" option. Did I 
miss something during installation? Any help would be appreciated.