System doesn't see my DP libraries. . .what am I doing wrong?

[Michael Williams]

Hi All,

I'm having a bit of an issue here.  I'm trying to compile VLC from  
source, but it's complaining about a library.  So I installed the  
library using DP.  Now I can't for the life of me figure out why the  
system isn't seeing my DP installed libraries.  I've tried adjusting  
path, soft linking to "/opt/local/lib". . .everything.  And nothing  
works.  What am I missing?  How do I get the OS to see my DP  
installed libraries at compile time?

Regards,
Michael