[mapserver-users] libgd.a not found by configure script

[John Overton]

Hello,

I am building mapserv from source.  But the configure script cannot find 
the gd libraries even though i can confirm they are in /usr/local/lib  
Here is the error display for the configure script:


configure: checking for GD 2.0.16 or higher...
checking for gdFontCacheSetup in -lgd... no
configure: checking whether GD needs libiconv...
checking for gdFontCacheSetup in -lgd... no
configure: error: Could not find gd.h or libgd.a/libgd.so in 
/usr/local.  Make sure GD 2.0.16 or higher is compiled before calling 
configure. You may also get this error if you didn't specify the 
appropriate location for one of GD's dependencies (freetype, libpng, 
libjpeg or libiconv).

I am using GD 2.0.35, and the configure script is finding all of the GD 
dependencies. 
I have seen this error on a google search, but I can't find where it is 
resolved.

Thanks,
JD