Like I said, it's not working. No combination works. Here's my PATH > echo $PATH /meta/b/borgauf/perl5/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin:/meta/b/borgauf/opt:/meta/b/borgauf/opt/lib:/meta/b/borgauf/opt/include:/meta/b/borgauf/opt/share:/meta/b/borgauf/opt/emacs/bin I've unpacked guile in ~/Downloads/guile-2.0.11/ I run > ./configure --prefix=/meta/b/borgauf/opt and get configure: error: GNU libunistring is required, please install it. The contents of ~/opt/lib are libunistring.a libunistring.la libunistring.so libunistring.so.2 libunistring.so.2.0.0 The configure script is simply not seeing this -- or it needs something else? Can I simply do a home install on another machine and copy it over? On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 12:30 AM, mwette wrote: > If you installed all the goodies under ~/opt why not install guile with > —prefix=/my/home/opt ? > > > On Oct 2, 2015, at 8:50 AM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote: > > > > I'm trying to install guile 2.0 on a remote provider, i.e., a "home" > install. I did install the latest libunistring in my ~/opt , but guile > ./configure --prefix=/my/home/opt/guile always complains > > > > configure: error: GNU libunistring is required, please install it. > > > > The ~/opt ~/opt/lib ~/opt/share ~/opt/include is on the PATH. Any ideas > what I'm doing wrong? > > > > LB > >