I have the same problem.. the last few lines of the output from configure:

checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for libXext... yes
checking for libpng... -lpng -lz -lm
checking for Qt... yes
>> Found version.: 2.3.0
>>> Headers......: /usr/lib/qt-2.3.0/include/
>>>> Libraries...: /usr/lib/qt-2.3.0/lib/
>>>>> Workable...: -*{ YES }*-
checking for Qt MOC... yes
checking if Qt compiles without flags... no
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for pcap_open_live in -lpcap... yes
checking for gdImageCreate in -lgd... yes
checking for gdImagePng in -lgd... yes
checking for inflate in -lz... yes
checking for gdbm_open in -lgdbm... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... c++ -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for deque.h... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking for ProcessPacket in -lEQ... no
configure: error: libEQ.a not found. Be sure libEQ.a is already installed in /


(i assume the last line was truncated...)

did a whereis libEQ.a to get:

# whereis libEQ.a
libEQ: /usr/local/lib/libEQ.a

md5sum (dont think its a problem at this point)

# md5sum /usr/local/lib/libEQ.a
8da5608635e69205807fbf6e41e9bc2f /usr/local/lib/libEQ.a

Any help would be appreciated..

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