ara.t.howard / noaa.gov wrote: > On Sat, 13 May 2006, Daniel Berger wrote: >> >> make distclean >> ./configure --prefix=/wherever/you/want >> make >> make install >> >> Add /wherever/you/want to your $PATH. > > don't forget to do both both of these before compiling > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/wherever/you/want/lib > LD_RUN_PATH=/wherever/you/want/lib # this one most important! > > if you do this all the stuff you compile it will inter-operate nicely - eg > ruby extensions. also, other users will be able to use your ruby without > having their LD_LIBRARY_PATH set - they'll only require PATH. > I don't see these settings in config.h or the Makefile, so they must be environment settings? But if they're environment settings, the targets they'e pointing to don't exist yet. What am I missing?