Cabal don't find relative library for compilation of gsasl package

Question

I'm using Haskell on webfaction server, with non root access, on a CentOS 6 system.

I have a /lib/ folder which contain libraries.

Actually, i have a problem with some libraries needed for an installation of package using cabal install.

I need the libgsasl library installed, so i download and compile the gsasl package from sources :

• I wget the latest tar.gz here
• I run ./configure --prefix=$HOME to install compiled libraries into $HOME/lib
• i make and make install

Next, i try two way with cabal install gsasl command, which actually fails :

• export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
• cabal install gsasl --bindir=$HOME/bin --extra-include-dirs=/home/reyman64/lib/ --extra-lib-dirs=/home/reyman64/lib

Any of the command found the good libraries ...

The pkg-config package 'libgsasl' version superior to 1.1 is required but it could not be found.

So i verify, my version is 1.8, and i have the libgsasl.sa .la .so .so.7 .so.7.9.6 in $HOME/lib and i have a libgsasl.pc into $home/lib/pkgconfig

Any idea of the problem ?

Answer 1

Make sure your PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable is set to include $HOME/lib/pkgconfig, i.e. the directory where you've placed libgsasl.pc.