Hi Jens! >- first find the library file on the system (looking in some > hardcoded directories), I'm really sure it won't add any value to your current solution, but you might consider asking ld or whatever the list of search paths http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9922949/how-to-print-the-ldlinker-search-path maybe some of your libraries have no-really standard path locations? not sure, G.