lfs-book/chapter08/pkgconfig.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-pkgconfig" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="pkg-config.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>pkg-config</productname>
    <productnumber>&pkgconfig-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&pkgconfig-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-pkgconfig">
    <primary sortas="a-pkgconfig">Pkgconfig</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The pkg-config package 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>&pkgconfig-fin-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&pkgconfig-fin-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

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

    <para>Prepare Pkg-config for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr              \
            --with-internal-glib       \
            --disable-host-tool        \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-internal-glib</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This will allow pkg-config to use its internal version of
          Glib because an external version is not available in LFS.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-host-tool</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This option disables the creation of an undesired hard link
          to the pkg-config program.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>pkg-config</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="pkgconfig">
         <!-- Don't remove the extra space, it prevents a FOP warning. -->
        <term><command>pkg-config </command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Returns meta information for the specified library or package
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-pkgconfig pkgconfig">
            <primary sortas="b-pkgconfig">pkg-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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