# How to tell ngnix where is my libevent? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [August 6, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-tell-ngnix-where-is-my-libevent/221938 "2012-08-06T06:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-tell-ngnix-where-is-my-libevent/221938/1 "2012-08-06T06:02:53Z")
since i build libevent myself, and install it to my home/install dir, i have checked auto/configure --help to find options related to libevent dir, but not find it, i have also tried to tell nginx the path of libevent using ./auto/configure CFLAGS=“-I/home/bigmeow/install/include” ./auto/configure: error: invalid option “CFLAGS=-I/home/bigmeow/install/include” also failed. so is there any method to tell ngnix where is my libevent? Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[how to tell ngnix where is my libevent?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,229318,229318#msg-229318)** > > since i build libevent myself, and install it to my home/install dir, i have checked auto/configure --help to find options related to libevent dir, but not find it, i have also tried to tell nginx the path of libevent using ./auto/configure... ---
**Author:** ![bigmeow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@bigmeow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bigmeow)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-tell-ngnix-where-is-my-libevent/221938/2 "2012-08-06T09:25:03Z")
Hello! On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 12:02:05AM -0400, bigmeow wrote: > so is there any method to tell ngnix where is my libevent? > You don’t need libevent for nginx. And just for record, to pass additional options to compiler and linker you may use --with-cc-opt and --with-ld-opt configure arguments, see [Installing nginx](http://nginx.org/en/docs/install.html). Maxim D.