source: BOOK/final-system/common/pkg-config.xml@ 1718e20

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<sect1 id="ch-system-pkg-config" role="wrap">
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  <title>Pkg-config-&pkg-config-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-pkg-config">
    <primary sortas="a-Pkg-config">Pkg-config</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>Pkg-config is a tool to help you insert the correct compiler options
    on the command line when compiling applications and libraries.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Pkg-config</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Pkg-config for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>GLIB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include" \
    GLIB_LIBS="-lglib-2.0" \
    ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="bb">
      <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>GLIB_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include"</parameter></term>
        <term><parameter>GLIB_LIBS="-lglib-2.0"</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Pkg-config no longer comes with Glib and because Pkg-config
        has not been installed itself it needs to be told where Glib is.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
    <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-pkg-config" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Pkg-config</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>pkg-config</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/doc/pkg-config</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="pkg-config">
        <term><command>pkg-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The <command>pkg-config</command> program is used to retrieve
          information about installed libraries in the system. It is typically
          used to compile and link against one or more libraries.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-pkg-config pkg-config">
            <primary sortas="b-pkg-config">pkg-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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