#!/bin/sh script_name=autogen.sh [ -f configure ] && script_name=configure PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/altsys/lib/pkgconfig" \ LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/altsys/lib -L/usr/local/lib" \ CFLAGS="-I$HOME/altsys/include -I/usr/local/include" \ CPPFLAGS="-I$HOME/altsys/include -I/usr/local/include" \ ./$script_name --prefix=$HOME/altsys "$@" echo echo In your shell startup file: echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/altsys/lib' echo 'export PATH=$HOME/altsys/bin:$PATH'