source: general/sysutils/pkgconfig.xml@ 02912d44

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY pkgconfig-download-http "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/releases/pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-size "604 KB">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-buildsize "5.2 MB">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-time "0.22 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="pkgconfig" xreflabel="pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="pkgconfig.html"?>
<title>pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>pkgconfig</application></title>

<para>The <application>pkgconfig</application> package contains
tools for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during
the <command>make</command> file execution.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pkgconfig-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pkgconfig-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &pkgconfig-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &pkgconfig-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &pkgconfig-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>pkgconfig</application></title>

<para>Install <application>pkgconfig</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>pkgconfig</application></title>

<para>The default setting for <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> is
<filename>/usr/lib/pkgconfig</filename> because of the prefix we use to
install pkgconfig.  You may add to <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> by exporting
additional paths on your system where <application>pkgconfig</application> 
files are installed. Note that <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> is only needed 
when compiling packages, not during run-time.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>pkgconfig</application> package contains
<command>pkg-config</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>pkg-config</title>
<para><command>pkg-config</command> is a function that returns meta information 
for the specified library.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>