diff --git a/library/MYDDAS/configure.in b/library/MYDDAS/configure.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f08c8e821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/MYDDAS/configure.in
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(myddas,
+	[ --enable-myddas[[=DIR]]      enable the MYDDAS library],
+	if test "$enableval" = yes; then
+		yap_cv_myddas=/usr
+	elif test "$enableval" = no; then
+		yap_cv_myddas=no
+	else
+		yap_cv_myddas=$enable_myddas
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L${yap_cv_myddas}/lib "
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I${yap_cv_myddas}/include "
+		ODBC_LDFLAGS="-L${yap_cv_myddas}/lib "
+		ODBC_CFLAGS="-I${yap_cv_myddas}/include "
+	fi,
+	[yap_cv_myddas=/usr])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(myddas-stats,
+	[ --enable-myddas-stats      enable the MYDDAS library statistics support],
+	if test "$yap_cv_myddas" = no; then
+		myddasstats=no
+	else
+		myddasstats="$enableval"
+	fi, myddasstats=no)
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(myddas-top-level,
+	[ --enable-myddas-top-level  enable the MYDDAS top-level support to MySQL],
+	if test "$yap_cv_myddas" = no; then
+	   	myddastoplevel=no
+	else
+		myddastoplevel="$enableval"
+	fi, myddastoplevel=no)
+
+if test "$yap_cv_myddas" != "no"
+then
+	dnl check for mysql
+	AC_SEARCH_LIBS(mysql_init, [mysqlclient], [yap_cv_mysql="yes"], [yap_cv_mysql="no"])
+	if test "$yap_cv_mysql" = yes 
+	then
+                YAP_EXTRAS="$YAP_EXTRAS -DMYDDAS_MYSQL"
+	fi
+	
+	dnl check for odbc
+        case "$target_os" in
+	  *darwin*)
+	    LIBS="$LIBS -framework CoreFoundation"
+	;;
+	  **)		
+	;;
+	esac
+	AC_SEARCH_LIBS(SQLAllocHandle, [odbc], [yap_cv_odbc="yes"], [yap_cv_odbc="no"])
+	if test "$yap_cv_odbc" = yes
+	then
+	   ODBC_LIBS="$ODBC_LIBS -lodbc"
+	else
+	  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(SQLAllocHandle, [iodbc], [yap_cv_odbc="yes"], [yap_cv_odbc="no"])
+	  if test "$yap_cv_odbc" = yes
+	  then
+	     ODBC_LIBS="$ODBC_LIBS -liodbc"
+	  fi
+        fi
+	if test "$yap_cv_odbc" = yes 
+	then
+		YAP_EXTRAS="$YAP_EXTRAS -DMYDDAS_ODBC"
+	fi
+	
+	if test "$myddasstats" = "yes"
+	  then
+	    YAP_EXTRAS="$YAP_EXTRAS -DMYDDAS_STATS"
+	fi
+
+	if test "$myddastoplevel" = "yes"
+	  then
+	    YAP_EXTRAS="$YAP_EXTRAS -DMYDDAS_TOP_LEVEL"
+	fi
+
+fi	
+
+if test "$yap_cv_myddas" != "no"
+then
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(mysql/mysql.h)
+fi
+
diff --git a/packages/python/configure.in b/packages/python/configure.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..467df9856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/python/configure.in
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+AC_ARG_WITH(python,
+	[ --with-python[=DIR]              interface to R language],
+	if test "$withval" = yes; then
+	    yap_cv_python=yes
+	elif test "$withval" = no; then
+	    yap_cv_python=no
+	else
+	    yap_cv_python=$withval
+	fi,
+	[yap_cv_python=no])
+
+if test "$yap_cv_python" = "no"; then
+    PYTHON_TARGET="dummy"
+    ENABLE_PYTHON="@# "
+elif test -e "$srcdir"/packages/python/Makefile.in ; then
+   PYTHON_TARGET="pitf"
+   ENABLE_PYTHON=""
+   if test "$yap_cv_python" = "yes"
+   then
+      AC_CHECK_PROGS(PYTHON, python, "none")
+   else
+     PYTHON="$yap_cv_python"
+   fi
+   PYTHONHOME=`$PYTHON -c'import sys; print sys.prefix'`
+   PYTHONVERSION=`"$PYTHON" -c "import sys; print sys.version[[:3]]"`
+   PYTHON_LIBS="-L $PYTHONHOME/lib -lpython$PYTHONVERSION"
+   PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I $PYTHONHOME/include/python$PYTHONVERSION"
+else
+    PYTHON_TARGET="dummy"
+    ENABLE_PYTHON="@# "
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_TARGET)
+AC_SUBST(ENABLE_PYTHON)
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES)
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)
+
+if test "$ENABLE_PYTHON" = ""; then
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([ packages/python/Makefile ])
+fi
+