To avoid dependency on libtool/libltdl, change "*.la" extension to "*.so". This also changes the path for the *.so files necessary for testing to the correct location. This patch comes from in-house. It has not been submitted upstream; plans unclear. diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/MagickCore/module.c a/MagickCore/module.c --- a~/MagickCore/module.c 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +++ a/MagickCore/module.c 1970-01-01 00:00:00 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ typedef void *ModuleHandle; Define declarations. */ #if defined(MAGICKCORE_LTDL_DELEGATE) -# define ModuleGlobExpression "*.la" +# define ModuleGlobExpression "*.so" #else # if defined(_DEBUG) # define ModuleGlobExpression "IM_MOD_DB_*.dll" @@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ static void TagToCoderModuleName(const c if (IsEventLogging() != MagickFalse) (void) LogMagickEvent(TraceEvent,GetMagickModule(),"%s",tag); #if defined(MAGICKCORE_LTDL_DELEGATE) - (void) FormatLocaleString(name,MagickPathExtent,"%s.la",tag); + (void) FormatLocaleString(name,MagickPathExtent,"%s.so",tag); (void) LocaleLower(name); #else #if defined(MAGICKCORE_WINDOWS_SUPPORT) @@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ static void TagToFilterModuleName(const #elif !defined(MAGICKCORE_LTDL_DELEGATE) (void) FormatLocaleString(name,MagickPathExtent,"%s.dll",tag); #else - (void) FormatLocaleString(name,MagickPathExtent,"%s.la",tag); + (void) FormatLocaleString(name,MagickPathExtent,"%s.so",tag); #endif } diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/common.shi.in a/common.shi.in --- a~/common.shi.in 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +++ a/common.shi.in 1970-01-01 00:00:00 @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ VALIDATE="@abs_top_builddir@/tests/valid DRAWTEST="@abs_top_builddir@/tests/drawtest" WANDTEST="@abs_top_builddir@/tests/wandtest" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="@abs_top_builddir@/MagickCore/.libs:@abs_top_builddir@/MagickWand/.libs:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" -MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH="@abs_top_builddir@/coders" +MAGICK_CODER_MODULE_PATH="@abs_top_builddir@/coders/.libs" MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH="@abs_top_builddir@/config:@abs_top_srcdir@/config" -MAGICK_FILTER_MODULE_PATH="@abs_top_builddir@/filters" +MAGICK_FILTER_MODULE_PATH="@abs_top_builddir@/filters/.libs" MAGICK_FONT="@abs_top_srcdir@/PerlMagick/demo/Generic.ttf" PATH="@abs_top_builddir@/utilities:@abs_top_builddir@/tests:${PATH}" set +a