%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Pkg-config The pkg-config package contains a tool for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the configure and make file execution. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &pkgconfig-md5sum; Download size: &pkgconfig-size; Estimated disk space required: &pkgconfig-buildsize; Estimated build time: &pkgconfig-time; Pkg-config Dependencies Required User Notes: Fix a problem with one of Pkg-config's tests: sed -i -e '21s/EXPECT_RETURN=1/EXPECT_RETURN=0/' check/check-cmd-options Install pkg-config by running the following commands: GLIB_LIBS=-lglib-2.0 GLIB_CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/glib-2.0 \ ./configure --prefix=/usr && make The make phase is known to fail if the configure option '--with-installed-popt' is used with . To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install The default setting for PKG_CONFIG_PATH is /usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig because of the prefix used to install pkg-config. You may add to PKG_CONFIG_PATH by exporting additional paths on your system where .pc files are installed. Note that PKG_CONFIG_PATH is only needed when compiling packages, not during run-time. Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directories pkg-config None None Short Descriptions pkg-config returns meta information for the specified library or package. pkg-config