Hi,

Great as pkgsrc is sometimes it doesn't have stuff I want.

So I get the tar, untar it, and run:

./configure

Now, how can I link to all the system libraries as well as pkgsrc does?

Yes I'm a n00b at this, but take for example:

fluxspace.sourceforge.net

./configure
bla bla bla
python not found

/usr/pkg/bin/python2.2

So I try a combination of LDFLAGS and other stuff I found in google netbsd 
mailing lists, still no avail.

Then I start to stare at the configure file (it's big!):

export PYTHON=/usr/pkg/bin/python2.2

Wow that seems to help.

Then it can't "link to python".

After more configure editing to manually enter paths for site-packages it 
just doesn't work at all:

checking: not found

This is a general q. How can I get non-pkgsrc to compile with all the 
options pkgsrc gives it? (ie paths)

Also, if I compile for example "fbdesk" (you can tell I'm a fluxbox fan), 
it compiles with

./configure

and make's, only when I run it it can't find some .so file which exists.

At random I remembered LD_LIBRARY_PATH which fixed it.

How can I compile this in at the ./configure stage?

I really had a huge stab at google, mailing lists, bsdforums.org...

No clue! It's a head-banging feeling!

I'd be really grateful for some clueing up.
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