> 
> 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?
> 

[snip]

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

Welcome to the wonderful the GNU autoconf/automake/libtool build system.  

> 
> I'd be really grateful for some clueing up.

Some good on-line documentation is 

	http://www.amath.washington.edu/~lf/tutorials/autoconf/toolsmanual_toc.html

It's a bit dated, but it's still the best I know of.  Read, and you'll
learn a lot.  The GNU build system is such hideous cluster-fuck, however,
that there's lots of that's un-documented, broken, or just un-fathomably
stupid.  If you want to learn it, get yourself a big bottle of aspirin.
You're in for a lot of head-banging.

David S.


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