Making autoconf search for C++ libraries

Question

I'm writing my first configure.ac and need to search for a C++ library.

I tried the following line, but when run the configure script, it finds nothing.

AC_SEARCH_LIBS([xmlpp::Document::get_root_node], [xml++-2.6])

Probably something is wrong with it. So, how can I make autoconf look for C++ libraries? I don't want to supply a global method (and don't think libxml++ has one either).

Answer 1

You might want to try AX_CXX_CHECK_LIB from the Autoconf macro archive. you should probably make sure that you either use AC_LANG([C++]) or surround the call with AC_LANG_PUSH([C++]) and AC_LANG_POP([C++]).