[Nel] Newbie help

[Matt Hilleman]

I am trying to compile NEL on linux and I am having a problem with configure
and stlport 4.5.  I downloaded stlport and compiled it successfully
according to their instructions in a directory called
/home/user/STLport-4.5.3   When I run the configure with the following line
./configure --with-stlport=/home/user/STLport-4.5.3  

it finds the includes, but can not find the libraries.  it says 

        checking for main in -lstrport_gcc... no
        checking for STLPort library... no
        configure: error: STLPort must be installed

I have even tried using the --with-stlport-lib=/home/user/STLport-4.5.3/lib
without success.

Could someone lend a hand.

Thanks

Matt