php keeps telling me ..it can't find libgd.a

hi, on the example of compiling php with gd support located at http://www.php.net/~rasmus/gd.html so i tried it like that edited the make file first i got compilation errors but i solved that gd is compiled and "libgd.a" is there now i try to rebuild php like this: cd /usr/local/php ./configure --with-gd=/home/erik/gd-2.0.1 --with-freetype-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-gd-imgstrttf --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-zlib --enable-mysql --enable-track-vars all works fine untill the line: cheking to see wheter to enable gd support ... yes configure error unable to find libgd.(so|a) anywhere under /home/erik/gd-2.0.1 libpng libjpeg are installed i compiled them from the source myself why does this still refuses to work ? daim it :-) help ......... anyway php rules regards Erik