php gd support ?

hi, i need gd library support so i download the source tarball from http://www.boutall.com/gd and compiled it no errors so far but when i try to rebuild php like this cd /usr/local/php ./configure --with-gd=/usr/local/gd\ --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql\ --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs\ --enable-track-vars php tells me it can't find libgd .(so or a) the file is there i double checked that also apache is compiled with dso support and i have to run the script three times before it fines apxs ? strange if you ask me and i get errors about the that php can't find the mysql header files they are ther in the standard directory /usr/local/include/mysql and php doesn't find it i also have libpng and freetype and zlib i specify directorys no php says cannot find libpng etc is this a bug ?? i need gd i use "les visiteurs" stattistics progream and that uses gd to generate images the path of libgd.a is /usr/local/lib/libgd can somebody point me into the right direction please you don't have to solve my trouble no just give me a hint regards Erik