PATH=/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH # to add the correct "ar" # autotools does not seem to know when the configuration was changed, this is just a safety measure gmake clean CC=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc CFLAGS="-KPIC -O -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -xarch=generic64" ./configure --prefix=/home/corion/lib --enable-shared gmake all # this one might not compile the C++ checks, if you don't have the SUN C++ compiler installed gmake check gmake install