> The latest version of MIDAS puts libraries and executables in $MIDASSYS/lib and bin (the "linux" part of pathname is removed).
> 
> Some packages (rootana) have been already changed to use this new scheme and they will not build against older versions of midas. 
> I recommend that you create following symlinks to make old versions of midas compatible with the new scheme:
> 
> cd $MIDASSYS # (~/packages/midas)
> ln -s linux/bin .
> ln -s linux/lib .

If i'm not mistaken the proper commands are

cd $MIDASSYS
ln -s ../bin linux/bin
ln -s ../lib linux/lib

Alternatively, you can change your PATH to point to $MIDASSYS/bin instead of $MIDASSYS/linux/bin and link against $MIDASSYS/lib instead of 
$MIDASSYS/linux/lib

Stefan