Questions Tagged [Pkg-Config]
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The pkg-config 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.
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How to compile a GTK4 application in Ubuntu 21.10?
I am trying to compile a C GUI application using GTK4. I was previously told here that both Ubuntu 21.04 and 21.10 would have both GTK3 and GTK4. However, when I installed Ubuntu 21.04 only GTK3 was ...
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pkg-config indicates libxml2 not found
I've installed libxml2-dev in my Ubuntu 20.04 terminal (under WSL), as it's a requirement for pgModeler. I used sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev and it seemed to install ok. The pgModeler instruction ...
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How to install package xorg-server
I'm following this recipe to build xf86-input-libinput from source with a patch applied.
The command ./configure --prefix=/usr gives me an error that I haven't been able to resolve:
checking for xorg-...
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Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
When running
pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0 I get the following error -
Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory ...
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deepin-anything-dkms error [20.04]
2 days ago I was trying to install DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment). It didn't finish, now everytime I try to install something it gives me this error.
What's happening and what can I do?
Edit: It ...
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Configure requires a working autoconf/pkg-config
I need to update libdmtx and dmtx-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. Both these packages aren't installed through apt.
I compiled and installed libdmtx with prefix /usr/local/stow/libdmtx-0.7.7 and created all ...
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pkg-config. Missing library's metadata
I'm building ffmpeg enabling over 40 libraries. Often a library is installed but metadata .pc file is missing.
Usually this could be solved by installing library-dev package but is there a way to just ...
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opencv was not found in the pkg-config
Using cmake and cuda i create opencv , the file was saved in
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/cv2/python-3.8/cv2.so
now i'm trying to install darknet but i got this error
Package opencv was not ...
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CMake error: Could NOT find GSL (missing: GSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
I am installing a simulator in Ubuntu in 18.04 and I get the following error during the execution of 'cmake ..' command.
The C compiler identification is GNU 7.5.0
-- The CXX compiler identification ...
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Why can pkg-config not find gsettings-desktop-schemas?
The package gsettings-desktop-schemas is installed on my system, but pkg-config can't find it:
$ pkg-config --libs --cflags gsettings-desktop-schemas
Package gsettings-desktop-schemas was not found in ...
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Python 3 shared libraries and pkg-config on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and while the pkg-config query
pkg-config --cflags python3
returns sensible values for C compilation, the query
pkg-config --libs python3
returns nothing.
I ...
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Unable to compile FFmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04
I am following this compilation guide for FFmpeg. After compiling all the required dependencies, I get the following error in the last section.
ERROR: gnutls not found using pkg-config
This error ...
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Can't install RMagick 4.0.0. Can't find ImageMagick with pkg-config on Ubuntu 16.04
Trying to install pdfbeads on Ubuntu LTS 16.04 with the command
$ gem install pdfbeads
I'm getting the error message
"ERROR: Can't install RMagick 4.0.0. Can't find ImageMagick with pkg-config"
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Can't find Gtk header file
I've searched this forum and the internet, but still can't find a solution.
I want to compile a simple Gtk example program. I use the recommended pkg-config in the compile instruction. But pkg-config ...
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OpenSSL installed but no openssl.pc (needed by pkg-config)
Can .pc files be generated if they aren't installed? I have installed OpenSSL but there is no 'openssl.pc' on my computer.
Any suggestions?
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