Listmates, I think I have looked for an answer before on this, but can't recall for certain. I'm trying to build inkscape 0.47 on openSuSE 11.0 and I'm running into problems with having libgc.a or libgc.so properly recognized by ./configure. This libgc is the boehm garbage collector from hp: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc.tar.gz (** This is version 6.8 -- meets requirements of >6.4) It is installed with the normal ./configure --prefix=/usr, make, make install and it installs, among other things: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 849284 2009-07-30 23:52 /usr/lib/libgc.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 700 2009-07-30 23:52 /usr/lib/libgc.la* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2009-07-30 23:52 /usr/lib/libgc.so -> libgc.so.1.0.2* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2009-07-30 23:52 /usr/lib/libgc.so.1 -> libgc.so.1.0.2* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 491964 2009-07-30 23:52 /usr/lib/libgc.so.1.0.2* Pursuant to its install instructions, the path to /usr/lib needs to be in /etc/ld.so.conf, it is by default: 00:55 alchemy:~/linux/apps/gc6.8> grep /usr/lib /etc/ld.so.conf /usr/lib64/Xaw3d /usr/lib/Xaw3d /usr/lib64 /usr/lib However, after the ./autogen.sh (completes OK), the ./configure dies at: <snip> checking for GC_init in -lgc... yes checking libgc version 6.4+... no configure: error: libgc (the Boehm Conservative Collector) 6.4+, is needed to compile inkscape -- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc Now the strange part is the same packages (gc and inkscape), build and install just fine with the exact same options on archlinux, so my problem here is something on opensuse that I can't figure out how to set so that the library is seen by ./configure. How do I go about finding out why ./configure for inkscape won't see the libgc on openSuSE 11.0? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org