Configure not finding header(not on default directory)

[akashic]

Well, the thing is I have a program which needs libsdl, libsdl_image and mpeg2. I have installed them without problems. Since I'm doing this on a university computer I do not have root permissions and installed those libs under my home folder.

Now I have to configure the program but it fails because it is not finding one of the headers. I do know where the header is located but I can't find a way to specify this to the configure script without actually changing the script. All this on the autotools context.

I'm looking for something like:
$./configure --lookforthegoddamnedheaderonthisdir=mygoddamneddire ctory

Anyone?

Thanks in advance.

[JohnGraham]

I'm looking for something like:
$./configure --lookforthegoddamnedheaderonthisdir=mygoddamneddire ctory

Run "./configure --help" (or "./configure --help | less" if the output is too long). That should tell you the list of options you can use - it'll be something like --with-sdl=xxx or --enable-libsdl=xxx.