From: Warren Young Date: March 3 2011 4:33pm Subject: Re: MySQL++ 64 Bit Platform Installation Problem with Fix... List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/plusplus/9233 Message-Id: <43F05D3B-3403-4FA3-9FB0-08A4BD6AC825@etr-usa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mar 2, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Raymond Boettcher wrote: > keeping up with the API changes has definitely kept me on my toes I don't think I've done any of those without good reason, or without = compensating benefits. Anyway, the rate of such changes have slowed down considerably. > the Makefile for MySQL++ is hardcoded to ${PREFIX}/lib Actually, no, it's not. The Makefile is generated by the configure = script from Makefile.in and the options you pass to the configure = script, plus things it discovers about your system. Adrian's solution is the correct one: $ ./configure --libdir=3Dlib64 ... should cause configure to generate the Makefile you're asking for.