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Library options
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You can also specify the libraries to link against when building your
extension, and the directories to search for those libraries.  The
`libraries' option is a list of libraries to link against,
`library_dirs' is a list of directories to search for libraries at
link-time, and `runtime_library_dirs' is a list of directories to
search for shared (dynamically loaded) libraries at run-time.

For example, if you need to link against libraries known to be in the
standard library search path on target systems

     Extension(...,
               libraries=["gdbm", "readline"])

If you need to link with libraries in a non-standard location, you'll
have to include the location in `library_dirs':

     Extension(...,
               library_dirs=["/usr/X11R6/lib"],
               libraries=["X11", "Xt"])

(Again, this sort of non-portable construct should be avoided if you
intend to distribute your code.)

*Should mention clib libraries here or somewhere else!*