LinuxQuestions.org - configure script fails with: SDL

I am having a problem building Wesnoth from source. I know this has to be easier. But when i run configure I get:

Code:

checking for IMG_Load in -lSDL_image... no

configure: error: *** SDL_image lib not found! Get SDL_image from

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/index.html

yet, I have all SDL packages required on my machine:

Code:

[root@mybox Desktop]# rpm -qa | grep SDL

SDL_ttf-2.0.8-1.el5.rf

SDL_mixer-devel-1.2.7-1.el5.rf

SDL-1.2.13-1

SDL_gfx-2.0.15-1.el5.rf

SDL_gfx-devel-2.0.15-1.el5.rf

SDL_net-1.2.7-1.el5.rf

SDL_net-devel-1.2.7-1.el5.rf

SDL_image-1.2.6-1

SDL_mixer-1.2.7-1.el5.rf

SDL-devel-1.2.10-8.el5

SDL_image-devel-1.2.6-1

I would love to know if anyone has a solution or work-around as I am pulling my hair out.

Thanks, Max