Static library -lzita-resampler installed in /usr/local/lib unable to be found when using gcc - c

Question

I'm trying to install a binary called audiowmark (link) from source on my Mac. The instructions say to run ./configure but when I do that, I run in to an error that claims:
checking for _Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv in -lzita-resampler... no
configure: error: You need to install libzita-resampler to build this package.
As a result, I need to install the libzita-resampler library. As a novice in C/CMake/Make, this is where things got a bit confusing for me. I think I'm installing this package correctly (I see the libzita-resampler.a in my usr/local/lib), but I still receive the above error. Can someone help guide me in the right direction to ensure I installed correctly? From my understanding, /usr/local/lib is a default path that is checked for libraries when running gcc.
To install libzita-resampler, I found the GitHub repo (link) and loaded the source to my computer.
I first created a build directory in this library and cd-ed in to it:
mkdir build && cd build
With cmake installed, I was able to run
cmake ..
Which created the Makefile for my computer, I then ran the following commands with Make
make
Which output the following
jordan#Jordans-MBP-3 build % make
[ 20%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/zita-resampler.dir/source/resampler.cc.o
[ 40%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/zita-resampler.dir/source/vresampler.cc.o
[ 60%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/zita-resampler.dir/source/resampler-table.cc.o
[ 80%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/zita-resampler.dir/source/cresampler.cc.o
[100%] Linking CXX static library libzita-resampler.a
[100%] Built target zita-resampler
And therefore ran the install step
make install
Which output
jordan#Jordans-MBP-3 build % make install
[100%] Built target zita-resampler
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/libzita-resampler.a
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/cmake/zita-resampler/zita-resamplerConfig.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/cmake/zita-resampler/zita-resamplerConfigVersion.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/cmake/zita-resampler/zita-resamplerTargets.cmake
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/cmake/zita-resampler/zita-resamplerTargets-noconfig.cmake
Which successfully added the static library .a to my lib directory.
So with this set up, I'd assume I would be able to then run the audiowmark's ./configure command again but I still receive the same error indicating that I didn't install this library correctly. Is there a final step to get the ./configure step to "find" this new library that I installed that I missed?
Here's the relevant code that looks for the library in the ./configure script. I see that it's adding LIBS= -lzita-resampler so it should find it in my directory path now...right?
{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for _Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv in -lzita-resampler" >&5
printf %s "checking for _Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv in -lzita-resampler... " >&6; }
if test ${ac_cv_lib_zita_resampler__Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv+y}
then :
printf %s "(cached) " >&6
else $as_nop
ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
LIBS="-lzita-resampler $LIBS"
cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
/* end confdefs.h. */
/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
char _Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv ();
int
main (void)
{
return _Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv ();
;
return 0;
}
_ACEOF
if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"
then :
ac_cv_lib_zita_resampler__Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv=yes
else $as_nop
ac_cv_lib_zita_resampler__Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv=no
fi
rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam \
conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
fi
{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_zita_resampler__Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv" >&5
printf "%s\n" "$ac_cv_lib_zita_resampler__Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv" >&6; }
if test "x$ac_cv_lib_zita_resampler__Z28zita_resampler_major_versionv" = xyes
then :
printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_LIBZITA_RESAMPLER 1" >>confdefs.h
LIBS="-lzita-resampler $LIBS"
else $as_nop
as_fn_error $? "You need to install libzita-resampler to build this package." "$LINENO" 5
fi
Thanks for any guidance, learning as I go here.