./configure can't find libnettle 2.4

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

2011/12/19 mzx <mzxnet at hotmail.com>:
> hello there,
> simply
> configure: error:
>   ***
>   *** Libnettle 2.4 was not found.
> I compiled nettle v2.4 with --prefix=$HOME and installed. But ./configure
> could not find it even with  --with-libnettle-prefix=$HOME or

If your $HOME contains "include" and "lib" directories that should have
worked (I use it quite successfully). Check your config.log on details
of the failure in your system.

regards,
Nikos