%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. &lfs71_checked; Pkg-config is part of LFS, but was omitted from the 7.0 and 7.1 releases. If you are using a system which includes it, there is nothing more to do. If not, you should follow these instructions. 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; User Notes: Install pkg-config by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version; \ --with-internal-glib && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install --with-internal-glib: This switch causes the package to use the shipped version of GLib2. 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 pkg-config Short Descriptions pkg-config returns meta information for the specified library or package. pkg-config