Ok Lyle Here 's the output: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% checking whether the C compiler (gcc -L/usr/include -static -rpath-link/usr/lib) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for newtInit in -lnewt... no configure: error: GNU nparted requires libnewt %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% and that's the command used this time: CFLAGS=-L/usr/include CPPFLAGS=-L/usr/lib LDFLAGS=" $LDFLAGS -static -rpath-link/usr/lib" ./configure --prefix=./here in my directory: /usr/lib/libnewt.a and libnewt.so.0.50.35 and their links. The interesting new thing is that when I use the flag -Bstatic the configure doesn't stop ( Funny . right ??) make runs and nothing wrong but that's what I get !!! How and why ?? That's the magic gcc: unrecognized option `-rpath-link/usr/lib' gcc: file path prefix `static' never used make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mansour/nparted-0.1' and when I give space between like this -rpath-link /usr/lib the compiler can't generate excutables. :S Lyle I can't thank you enough for bearing with me. -- Mansour Al-Aqeel mansour77@xxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free
