General :: Compiling Error: /usr/bin/ld: Cannot Find -lexpat1

I've been around the block with this problem and don't know what else to check to compile source for gpsbabel-1.4.2. Other posts on this forum mentioning the same error with no resolution on this specifically. I have looked at the following:

1. The Makefile looks like this for the part compiling with expat options:

Code:

gpsbabel$(EXEEXT): configure Makefile $(OBJS)
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) -lm -L/lib -lexpat -L/usr/lib -lusb $(OUTPUT_SWITCH)$@

2.Search for library files:

Code:

$find /usr/lib -type f -name "*expat*" -print
/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
/lib/libexpatw.so.1.5.2

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