On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:59:40 -0500 Chris Grossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, this is where you lost me. What's PKG_CONFIG_PATH? > I'm more than happy to maintain it, but I've never heard of > it before (and I install plenty of stuff from source, and > put all of it in "strange" places). > > Is this something I should have been maintaining for years > and always got lucky?
PKG_CONFIG_PATH is similar to PATH in that it's a list of colon-separated directories where pkg-config looks for .pc files. Packages install their.pc files into PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig, where PREFIX is usually /usr. If you install stuff in /opt/stuff you should add /opt/stuff/lib/pkgconfig to PKG_CONFIG_PATH. I think these .pc files refer each other to some extent, so that could be why you've gotten away with it so far. See 'man pkg-config' for more details. -- Ciprian Popovici -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
