Add to your system or personal profile: export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome/bin export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/gnome/lib/pkgconfig export GNOME_LIBCONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib Add to your /etc/ld.so.conf: cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF" # Begin gnome addition to /etc/ld.so.conf /opt/gnome/lib # End gnome addition EOF Remember to execute ldconfig after installation of libraries to update the library cache. Add to your /etc/man.conf: cat >> /etc/man.conf << "EOF" # Begin gnome addition to man.conf MANPATH /opt/gnome/man # END gnome addition to man.conf EOF