Re: How to examine a C++ library in a subfolder?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* bonami wrote on Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:43:17AM CEST:
> 
> i have a C++ library ll in /usr/local/lib/e/ and there is a class c in it.
> now i'm developing another program using autoconf/automake.
> how can i test for the library's existence in configure.ac, since it is not
> in library dir?
> if i write
> AC_CHECK_LIB([ll], main))
> it fails.

It should work if you use
  ./configure LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib/e

> and header file meets the same problem.

and similar with CPPFLAGS.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Ralf