%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Pkg-config The Pkg-config package contains tools for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the make file execution. 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; Upto version 0.18, this package was called Pkgconfig. Install Pkg-config by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make 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 because of the prefix used to install Pkg-config. You may add to PKG_CONFIG_PATH by exporting additional paths on your system where pkgconfig 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 is a function that returns meta information for the specified library. pkg-config