[OTR-users] Problem finding libotr

[Conrad Meyer]

On Thursday 16 October 2008 04:50:34 am Michael Goerz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have some trouble installing the OTR plugin on linux. Before trying
> to compile
> pidgin-otr-3.2.0 from source, I manually installed (from source)
> libotr-3.2.0 with its prerequisites libgcrypt-1.2.4 and
> libgpg-error-1.6, all with '--prefix=$HOME' (I don't have root access
> on the machine I'm installing this).
>
> Now, when I do ./configure for pidgin-otr-3.2.0, it ends with the
> following messages:
>
> [...]
> checking for libotr CFLAGS...
> checking for libotr LIBS...  -lotr
> checking for libotr headers version 3.x >= 3.2.0... not present.
> checking for otrl_message_receiving in -lotr... yes
> configure: error: libotr 3.2.0 or newer is required
>
> How can I convince configure to find the libotr library in my home folder?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Goerz

Check ./configure --help, but probably ./configure --with-otr-lib=/path/to/lib 
or such.

Regards,
-- 
Conrad Meyer <konrad at tylerc.org>