[Shapelib] Can't link to shapelib

[Yasir Malik]

Hello,
I am having problems linking the shapelib to my program.  Here's what I'm 
doing:
ymalik-> gcc tmp.c -I/tmp/shapelib-1.2.10 -L/tmp/shapelib-1.2.10/.libs -lshp
ymalik-> ./a.out
Shared object "libshp.so.1" not found
ymalik->

The library compiled fine.

Thanks,
Yasir