LinuxQuestions.org - installing GRUB 2, grub-install problem

I downloaded and compiled GRUB 2 1.95... It requires LZO decompression libraries (needed for boot images), which I downloaded, compiled and installed as well (2.02).
An example procedure to install GRUB would be:

Code:

# grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda

the output is:

Code:

/usr/local/bin/grub-mkimage: error while loading shared libraries: liblzo2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I know I am not missing that library, I am looking at it here:

Code:

/usr/local/lib/liblzo2.so.2

How do I find out where GRUB looks for that library so I can link it or copy it there...
This shouldn't be that complicated but I even tried recompiling with using

Code:

# sh configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib

which tells it where the libraries are. The configure script sees them both ways, but after compiling and installing it cannot find them for some reason... odd.
Help?