How to specify include directory for configure script

Question

I have a linux system at my workplace with pretty old packages and no root access. I\'m compiling packages that I need from source with --prefix=[somewhere in homedir]

Answer 1

Usually you can pass additional compiler flags inside CXXFLAGS. For gcc you can specify more include directories with -I/some/dir, e.g.

$ ./configure CXXFLAGS="-I/some/dir/"

where /some/dir/ contains your headers.