Re: gnuplot library dependancies

[Lars H. <lhe...@us...>]

Mark Spanglet writes:
> How can we get gnuplot to look for it's libraries in a place other than=
 the=20
> default?  We have libpng.a(png.o) in /usr/local/lib and libpng.a(libpng=
.so.2)=20
> in /opt/freeware/lib.  We tried the with-png=3D/opt/freeware/lib thing.=
 No luck.
> There doesn't seem to be a command line option.  Do we have to change t=
he=20
> Makefile?

 There cannot be a command line option, because the shared libraries are
 loaded before the program itself starts.

 man ld.so
...
       ld.so, ld-linux.so* - dynamic linker/loader

DESCRIPTION
       ld.so loads the shared libraries needed by a program, pre=AD
       pares the program  to  run,  and  then  runs  it.   Unless
...

 If configure fails to find libraries, config.log will tell you why.