6.20. Pkg-config-0.27

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.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 30 MB

6.20.1. Installation of Pkg-config

Prepare Pkg-config for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr         \
            --with-internal-glib  \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-0.27

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Installed program: pkg-config

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/pkg-config-0.26

pkg-config

returns meta information for the specified library or package.