[Inkscape-user] Problems with configure

OS:linux FLAVOR: Mandriva 2005LE

In attempting to install InkScape I ran into the problem that configure cannot see libgc:

checking gc.h usability... yes checking gc.h presence... yes checking for gc.h... yes checking for GC_init in -lgc... yes checking libgc version 6.4+... no configure: error: libgc (the Boehm Conservative Collector) 6.4+, is needed to compile inkscape -- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc

Initially I did not have libgc install but did install it and added the line /usr/local/lib

to /etc/ld.so.conf as suggested by gc instructions.

I even went so far as to reboot the system--- to no avail.

BTW: gc6.5 was installed.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.