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The pkgconfig package contains pkg-config. This is useful for passing the include path and/or library path to the compiler during the make script.
Install pkgconfig by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install |
Add to your system or personal profile:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig |
The default settings for PKG_CONFIG_PATH are /lib/pkgconfig, /usr/lib/pkgconfig and /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig. These settings are hard-coded and do not have to be exported with the additional paths.
The pkgconfig package contains pkg-config.
pkg-config is a function that returns meta information for the specified library.