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[Joachim Reichel <>]

Hi mm,

> Yes, I also dislike the idea of setting environment variables for such a
> thing and I also know the -I switch. But as I stated: the compiler line is
> exactly the same, where once it works - for the Ubuntu CGAL version in
> /usr/lib/CGAL - while the other time, it does not - for the self-compiled
> version in /home/mm/.local/CGAL-3.8/lib/CGAL
> So, I guess it's not the problem of that compiler switch...

1) You should uninstall the precompiled CGAL packages to avoid using
them accidentally.

2) You need explicit -I, -L, and probably -Wl,-R directives. They are
not needed with the precompiled packages because those use prefix /usr
which is searched by default.

Joachim