%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ <application>pkgconfig</application>-&pkgconfig-version; Pkgconfig Introduction to <application>pkgconfig</application> The pkgconfig 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; Installation of <application>pkgconfig</application> Install pkgconfig by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make Now, as the root user: make install Configuring <application>pkgconfig</application> The default setting for PKG_CONFIG_PATH is /usr/lib/pkgconfig because of the prefix used 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. Contents Installed Programs 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