[Freetype] Problems with libfreetype.so.6

[Jason Roman]

Hi.

I'm running Redhat 6.2 and believe I am having problems installing 
the FreeType library.  What I am doing is combining it with the GD 
graphics library.  I am not sure which of the installations is going 
wrong.

I have installed FreeType and the libfreetype.so.6 file is there.
When I compile and link with the -lfreetype flag it works, but 
when I run the program it says "error in loading shared libraries:
cannot find libfreetype.so.6" or something along those lines.  I 
also try putting the entire library in with /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.
a, but the size of the program does not increase and I still get 
the error.

I have it running on other box with RedHat 6.1 just fine.  I keep 
reinstalling both libraries, changing links, just about every single 
thing I can think of.  It just WON'T recognize that the freetype 
library is installed.  I get no errors when installing either package.


So two questions:

1. Does it seem like a problem installing FreeType, or GD?
2. Can anyone offer a few easy checks or suggestions to get it working?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks a bunch!

Jason