%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ The pkgconfig package contains tools for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the make file execution. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &pkgconfig-size; Estimated Disk space required: &pkgconfig-buildsize; Estimated build time: &pkgconfig-time; Install pkgconfig by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install The default setting for PKG_CONFIG_PATH is /usr/lib/pkgconfig because of the prefix we use to install pkgconfig. 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. The pkgconfig package contains pkg-config. pkg-config is a function that returns meta information for the specified library.