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

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 21, 2007, at 18:28, Michael Williams wrote:

> 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?

This should suffice, when you configure vlc (all on one line):

CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib ./configure -- 
whatever

At least I assume it should. I have not personally attempted to  
compile vlc.