You don't have to have the libraries in /usr/lib in order to compile an application. Take a look at this page:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html
You *can* set LD_LIBRARY_PATH but it is not recommended. Please see if the site satisfies the compilation issue for you, if not then please post the name(s) of the software(s) you are trying to compile
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