### also modify libmed.la and libmedC.la files to correct direct path to med libraries
### no need to do this for sources installation because 'make install' does it!
cd ${PRODUCT_DIR}/lib
-sed -e 's%\(.*\)\([[:space:]].*libhdf5.la\)\(.*\)%\1 -lhdf5\3%g' libmed.la > libmed.la.new
+sed -e 's%\(.*\)\([[:space:]].*libhdf5.la\)\(.*\)%\1 -lhdf5\3%g' -e "s%^libdir='\(.*\)'%libdir='${PRODUCT_DIR}/lib'%g" libmed.la > libmed.la.new
mv -f libmed.la.new libmed.la
-sed -e 's%\(.*\)\([[:space:]].*libhdf5.la\)\(.*\)%\1 -lhdf5\3%g' libmedC.la > libmedC.la.new
+sed -e 's%\(.*\)\([[:space:]].*libhdf5.la\)\(.*\)%\1 -lhdf5\3%g' -e "s%^libdir='\(.*\)'%libdir='${PRODUCT_DIR}/lib'%g" libmedC.la > libmedC.la.new
mv -f libmedC.la.new libmedC.la
tmp=""
if [ -n "${HDF5HOME}" ]; then
