diff -urNp a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
--- a/lib/Makefile	2021-12-06 10:55:43.832967143 +0100
+++ b/lib/Makefile	2021-12-06 10:56:09.862162960 +0100
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ libpm.o: compile.h
 .PHONY: install.lib
 ifeq ($(NETPBMLIBTYPE),unixshared)
 # install a Unix-style shared library
-install.lib: $(PKGDIR)/lib $(PKGDIR)/link
+install.lib: $(PKGDIR)/lib
 	cd $(PKGDIR)/lib ; rm -f libnetpbm.$(NETPBMLIBSUFFIX).$(MAJ).*
 	$(INSTALL) -c -m $(INSTALL_PERM_LIBD) \
 	  libnetpbm.$(NETPBMLIBSUFFIX).$(MAJ).$(MIN)  $(PKGDIR)/lib/
@@ -262,19 +262,19 @@ $(INTERFACE_HEADERS:%=%_installhdr): $(P
 	  $(SRCDIR)/lib/$(@:%_installhdr=%) $(PKGDIR)/include/netpbm/
 
 .PHONY: install.staticlib
-install.staticlib: $(PKGDIR)/link
+install.staticlib: $(PKGDIR)/lib
 	$(INSTALL) -c -m $(INSTALL_PERM_LIBS) libnetpbm.$(STATICLIBSUFFIX) \
-	  $(PKGDIR)/link
+	  $(PKGDIR)/lib
 
 # Install a shared library stub -- the ".so" file used at link time to
 # prepare a program for dynamically linking a library at run time 
 .PHONY: install.sharedlibstub
-install.sharedlibstub: $(PKGDIR)/link
+install.sharedlibstub: $(PKGDIR)/lib
 ifeq ($(NETPBMLIBTYPE),unixshared)
 # install the link-time (.so) links to the runtime libraries
-	cd $(PKGDIR)/link ; \
+	cd $(PKGDIR)/lib ; \
           rm -f libnetpbm.$(NETPBMLIBSUFFIX); \
-          $(SYMLINK) ../lib/libnetpbm.$(NETPBMLIBSUFFIX).$(MAJ) \
+          $(SYMLINK) libnetpbm.$(NETPBMLIBSUFFIX).$(MAJ) \
             libnetpbm.$(NETPBMLIBSUFFIX)
 endif
 ifeq ($(NETPBMLIBTYPE),dll)