source: general/sysutils/pkgconfig.xml@ 780aa528

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

<!ENTITY pkgconfig-download-http "http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-md5sum "ff6e1f2307d077630dda17b4df3c0518">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-size "964 KB">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-buildsize "10.7 MB">
<!ENTITY pkgconfig-time "0.32 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="pkgconfig" xreflabel="pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="pkgconfig.html"?>
<title><application>pkgconfig</application>-&pkgconfig-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="pkgconfig">
<primary sortas="a-Pkgconfig">Pkgconfig</primary></indexterm>

<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 MD5 sum: &pkgconfig-md5sum;</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</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>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 used 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>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>pkg-config</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="pkg-config">
<term><command>pkg-config</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a function that returns meta information for the specified 
library.</para>
<indexterm zone="pkgconfig pkg-config">
<primary sortas="b-pkg-config">pkg-config</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>