diff -Naur hdf-java/configure.in hdf-java.tpg/configure.in
--- hdf-java/configure.in	2009-11-09 21:24:50.000000000 +0000
+++ hdf-java.tpg/configure.in	2010-01-31 22:28:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -165,30 +165,12 @@
 AC_SUBST(ZLIB) ZLIB=""
 AC_ARG_WITH(libz,[  --with-libz=LIB     Path to the gzip library (required if not in default path)],,)
 
-case "$withval" in
-  yes)
-      ZLIB=""
-	HAVE_ZLIB="no"
-    ;;
-  no)
-      ZLIB=""
-	HAVE_ZLIB="suppressed"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    if test -n "$withval" ; then
-        z_lib="`echo $withval |cut -f2 -d, -s`"
-	ZLIB=$z_lib"/libz."$LLEXT
-	HAVE_ZLIB="yes"
-    else
-      ZLIB=""
-	HAVE_ZLIB="no"
-    fi
-;;
-esac
+ZLIB=" -lz "
 if test -n "$ZLIB"; then
 	LIBS="$LIBS $ZLIB"
 	HAVE_ZLIB="yes"
 fi
+
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_ZLIB])
 if test $HAVE_ZLIB = "yes"; then
     	AC_MSG_RESULT([zlib found: $ZLIB]);
@@ -200,25 +182,8 @@
 AC_SUBST(JPEGLIB) JPEGLIB=""
 AC_ARG_WITH(libjpeg,[  --with-libjpeg=LIB     Path to the jpeg library (required if not in default path)],,)
 
-case "$withval" in
-  yes)
-	HAVE_JPEG="no"
-    ;;
-  no)
-      JPEGLIB=""
-	HAVE_JPEG="suppressed"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    if test -n "$withval" ; then
-        jpeg_lib="`echo $withval |cut -f2 -d, -s`"
-	JPEGLIB=$jpeg_lib"/libjpeg."$LLEXT
-    	#AC_MSG_RESULT([jpeg found: $JPEGLIB]);
-	HAVE_JPEG="yes"
-    else
-	HAVE_JPEG="no"
-    fi
-;;
-esac
+JPEGLIB=" -ljpeg"
+
 if test -n "$JPEGLIB"; then
 	LIBS="$LIBS $JPEGLIB"
 	HAVE_JPEG="yes"
@@ -274,37 +239,11 @@
 AC_SUBST(HDF4LIB) HDF4LIB=""
 AC_ARG_WITH(hdf4,[  --with-hdf4=LIB     Path to the hdf library (required if not in default path)],,)
 
-case "$withval" in
-  yes)
-    #AC_MSG_ERROR(HDF4 library needed for compilation.)
-      HDF4LIB=""
-	HAVE_HDF4="no"
-    ;;
-  no)
-      HDF4LIB=""
-	HAVE_HDF4="suppressed"
-    ;;
-  *)
-	if test -n "$withval" ; then
-	    hdf4_inc="`echo $withval |cut -f1 -d,`"
-	    if test -n "$hdf4_inc"; then
-	      HDF4INC="$hdf4_inc"
-	    fi
-	    hdf4_lib="`echo $withval |cut -f2 -d, -s`"
-	    if test -n "$hdf4_lib"; then
-		HDF4LIB=$hdf4_lib
-	    fi
-	    HAVE_HDF4="yes"
-	else
-	      HDF4LIB=""
-	    HAVE_HDF4="no"
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
-if test -n "$HDF4LIB"; then
-	LIBS="$HDF4LIB/libdf.$LLEXT $HDF4LIB/libmfhdf.$LLEXT $LIBS"
-	HAVE_HDF4="yes"
-fi
+HDF4LIB=" -lmfhdf -ldf "
+LIBS=" -lmfhdf -ldf $LIBS"
+HDF4INC="/usr/include"
+HAVE_HDF4="yes"
+
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_HDF4])
 if test $HAVE_HDF4 = "yes"; then
     	AC_MSG_RESULT([HDF4 found: $HDF4LIB]);
@@ -351,38 +290,11 @@
 AC_SUBST(HDF5LIB) HDF5LIB=""
 AC_ARG_WITH(hdf5,[  --with-hdf5=LIB     Path to the hdf5 library (required if not in default path)],,)
 
-case "$withval" in
-  yes)
-      HDF5LIB=""
-	HAVE_HDF5="no"
-    ;;
-  no)
-      HDF5LIB=""
-	HAVE_HDF5="suppressed"
-    ;;
-  *)
-	if test -n "$withval" ; then
-	    hdf5_lib="`echo $withval |cut -f2 -d, -s`"
-		HDF5LIB=$hdf5_lib"/libhdf.$LLEXT"
-	    hdf5_inc="`echo $withval |cut -f1 -d,`"
-	    if test -n "$hdf5_inc"; then
-	      HDF5INC="$hdf5_inc"
-	    fi
-	    hdf5_lib="`echo $withval |cut -f2 -d, -s`"
-	    if test -n "$hdf5_lib"; then
-		HDF5LIB=$hdf5_lib
-	    fi
-	    HAVE_HDF5="yes"
-	else
-	      HDF5LIB=""
-	    HAVE_HDF5="no"
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
-if test -n "$HDF5LIB"; then
-	LIBS="$HDF5LIB/libhdf5.$LLEXT $LIBS"
-	HAVE_HDF5="yes"
-fi
+HDF5LIB=" -lhdf5 "
+LIBS=" -lhdf5 $LIBS"
+HDF5INC="/usr/include/"
+HAVE_HDF5="yes"
+
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_HDF5])
 if test $HAVE_HDF5 = "yes"; then
     	AC_MSG_RESULT([HDF5 found: $HDF5LIB]);
diff -Naur hdf-java/native/hdf5lib/Makefile.in hdf-java.tpg/native/hdf5lib/Makefile.in
--- hdf-java/native/hdf5lib/Makefile.in	2009-11-09 21:24:46.000000000 +0000
+++ hdf-java.tpg/native/hdf5lib/Makefile.in	2010-01-31 22:28:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 CFLAGS = -DH5_USE_16_API -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 $(DEFS) -I. -I$(HDF5INC) -I$(JAVAINC1) -I$(JAVAINC2)
 
-LIBS =  $(HDF5LIB)/libhdf5.$(LLEXT) $(ZLIB) $(SZLIB) -lm
+LIBS =  $(HDF5LIB) $(ZLIB) $(SZLIB) -lm
 
 # Macro def: object filename used
 OBJECTS =  exceptionImp.o h5Constants.o h5Imp.o h5aImp.o h5dImp.o h5fImp.o h5gImp.o h5iImp.o h5pImp.o h5rImp.o h5sImp.o h5tImp.o nativeData.o h5util.o h5zImp.o
diff -Naur hdf-java/native/hdflib/Makefile.in hdf-java.tpg/native/hdflib/Makefile.in
--- hdf-java/native/hdflib/Makefile.in	2009-11-09 21:24:45.000000000 +0000
+++ hdf-java.tpg/native/hdflib/Makefile.in	2010-01-31 22:28:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 CFLAGS = $(DEFS) -I. -I$(JAVAINC1) -I$(JAVAINC2) -I$(HDFINC)
 
 # Be sure to add -lbsd if compiling in a SYSV environment
-LIBS =  $(HDFLIB)/libmfhdf.$(LLEXT) $(HDFLIB)/libdf.$(LLEXT) $(SZLIB) $(ZLIB) $(JPEGLIB) -lm
+LIBS =  -lmfhdf -ldf $(SZLIB) $(ZLIB) $(JPEGLIB) -lm
 
 # Macro def: object filename used
 OBJECTS =  hdfstructsutil.o \