--- openbabel-2.0.2/scripts/perl/Makefile.PL.chicken	2006-05-03 17:54:54.000000000 +0200
+++ openbabel-2.0.2/scripts/perl/Makefile.PL	2006-09-20 05:55:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 $srcdir = '../../src';
 
 # check if we're compiling in the source directory
-$ldfrom = '$(OBJECT) -lopenbabel -lz';
+$ldfrom = "\$(OBJECT) -L$srcdir/.libs -lopenbabel -lz"
+    if (-r "$srcdir/.libs/libopenbabel.so") and (-s _) and (-B _);
 $ldfrom = "\$(OBJECT) $srcdir/.libs/libopenbabel.a -lz"
     if (-r "$srcdir/.libs/libopenbabel.a") and (-s _) and (-B _);
 
--- openbabel-2.0.2/scripts/python/setup.py.chicken	2006-05-03 17:54:53.000000000 +0200
+++ openbabel-2.0.2/scripts/python/setup.py	2006-09-20 05:53:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
                                  "INFO: Looking for library and include files in ../../src\n")
                 if os.path.isfile("../../src/atom.o"):
                     return ["../../src"],["../../src"]
+		else:
+			 if os.path.isfile("../../src/atom.lo"):
+				return ["../../src"],["../../src/.libs"]
                 
     sys.stderr.write("ERROR: Cannot find Open Babel library directory\n")
     return (None,None)