6.18.2. Contents of Pkg-config
Installed program:
pkg-config
The pkg-config package contains a tool for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the configure and make file execution.
First fix a problem with underquoting that shows up in later versions of autoconf:
sed -i -e 's/XT])dnl/XT])[]dnl/' \
-e 's/\.])dnl/\.])[]dnl/' pkg.m4
Prepare Pkg-config for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr
Compile the package:
make
To test the results, issue:
make check
Install the package:
make install