%general-entities; ]> pkgconf &pkgconf-version;
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 Pkgconf-&pkgconf-version; Pkgconf <para>The pkgconf package is a successor to pkg-config and contains a tool for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the configure and make phases of package installations.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&pkgconf-fin-sbu;</seg> <seg>&pkgconf-fin-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Pkgconf Pkgconf-2.0.0 explicitly errors when attempting to run with multiple arguments, even if these arguments are constraints for the same package. This breaks many packages in BLFS. Run this sed to reinstate the old output for pkgconf: sed -i '1330,1336s|^|//|' cli/main.c Prepare Pkgconf for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-static \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pkgconf-&pkgconf-version; Compile the package: make Install the package: make install To maintain compatibility with the original Pkg-config create two symlinks: ln -sv pkgconf /usr/bin/pkg-config ln -sv pkgconf.1 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg-config.1 Contents of Pkgconf Installed programs Installed library Installed directory pkgconf, pkg-config (link to pkgconf), and bomtool libpkgconf.so /usr/share/doc/pkgconf-&pkgconf-version; Short Descriptions pkgconf Returns meta information for the specified library or package pkgconf bomtool Generates a Software Bill Of Materials from pkg-config .pc files bomtool libpkgconf Contains most of pkgconf's functionality, while allowing other tools like IDEs and compilers to use its frameworks libpkgconf