Questions tagged [pkg-config]
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 install glibmm-2.68 on Ubuntu 22.04
I am trying to install GTK4/GTKMM4 for C++ on Ubuntu 22.04 but I am stuck on step 3, possibly step 2.
I am following these instructions:
https://terminalroot.com/how-to-install-gtkmm-4-on-ubuntu-2204/
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Package installs to a different path from existing packages
DPDK installs via pkg-config manager. I used these commands to build from source:
git clone https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk.git
cd dpdk
meson setup build
cd build
ninja
ninja install
ldconfig
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Which packages install Qt5 pkg-config files?
I need Qt5 .pc pkg-config file in order to compile this application.
Of course I can install the whole Qt5 dev environment using the official Qt online installer.
But I wonder if I can install some ...
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How to Add a New Path to pkg-config?
I've just start using GNU make because of a software package I'm trying to install. The tutorial is really good, but for some reason I'm not able to do it properly. I downloaded the files, extracted ...
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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"
Below ...
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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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Problem with Wayland
I had a problem with the wayland-protocol during the installataion of the Kitty terminal, the system didn´t find it, so I tried with sudo apt install libwayland-bin. I knew that this command install ...
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Configure error: could not find the zlib library
I am trying to install lalsuite on ubuntu according to the instructions here:
https://pycbc.org/pycbc/latest/html/install_lalsuite.html
Everything went smoothly until I ran
./00boot
./configure --...
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Package libprotobuf was not found in the pkg-config search path
I am installing protobuf-c 1.3.2
after ./configure it shows
protobuf-c 1.3.2
CC: gcc
CFLAGS: -g -O2
CXX: g++ -std=...
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Can't compile surf, gcr-3.pc not found, glib.h not found
I'm trying to compile surf browser from source with little success.
It looks like I miss gcr-3.pc.
edit : I'm on Ubuntu 19.04
c99 `pkg-config --cflags x11` `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0 gcr-3 ...
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Strange GLib error in pkg-config result
Ubuntu 18.04 fresh installed.
$ pkg-config --list-all 2>&1 | grep -A2 -B2 GLib
(pkg-config:31662): GLib-CRITICAL **: 06:08:21.279: g_string_insert_len: assertion 'len == 0 || val != NULL' ...
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openssl and PKG_CONFIG_PATH problems while configuring mongolite package from R
The package "mongolite" won't install itself when trying in RStudio. So I downloaded it from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mongolite/, extracted it in the folder which manages the R packages ...
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Unable to install geojson package for R
I have Ubuntu 16.04 and R 3.4.3. When I run
install.packages("geojson", dep=TRUE)
in R, I get the following error:
dependency ‘protolite’ is not available for package ‘geojson’
Therefore I run
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ImportError: No module named pkg_resources
I am trying to install tensorflow-gpu for python 3.
when I run pip3:
sudo -H apt-get pip3 install tensorflow-gpu
I get:
Traceback (most recent call last:)
File "/usr/local/bin/pip3", line 5, in &...
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Problem with getting libconfig's cflags
I'm trying to compile a C project that uses libconfig. I've installed libconfig8-dev package and I'm trying to retrieve the c flags required to compile the project. Running pkg-config --libs libconfig ...
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what is the value for JAVA_HOME?
What is the correct value for JAVA_HOME?
thufir@doge:~$
thufir@doge:~$ whereis java
java: /usr/bin/java /usr/share/java /usr/share/man/man1/java.1.gz
thufir@doge:~$
thufir@doge:~$ which java
/usr/...
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Syntax to declare the JAVA_HOME variable in /etc/environment?
Where and how does the variable JAVA_HOME go? What, specifically, should the environment file contents be to correctly set JAVA_HOME alongside PATH?
current environment:
thufir@doge:~$
thufir@...
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When I open a terminal, before any commands, I see "PKG_CONFIG : command not found"
When I open my terminal window I see this string
PKG_CONFIG: command not found
Why does it appears? It appears automatically right after I open the terminal window
Here is the output of cat ~/....
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How do I tell c++ where opencv2/opencv.hpp is?
Note: this is in the context of installing cafe.
At the moment I have openCV installed at:
/home/myName/Documents/my folder/opencv/
However C++ can't find it here, as demonstrated by the fact ...
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Installing glib-2.50.1: No package 'libpcre' founbd [duplicate]
[UPDATE]
As per fkraiem's suggestion below, about the rabbithole (indeed, it does feel like that!), this is the first problem I encounter, and the reason I'm trying to install glib et al.
After ...
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cpan installer fails with “Cannot find pkg-config command.”
I am setting up a new Ubuntu server (Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus)), and I want to install everything that I had installed on my previous server with Ubuntu 14.04. Among those the cpan module Text:...
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Another (unsolvable) "old glib" problem
Im sure veterans know the drill (as this question seems to have been asked a billion times), but I am getting this error while installing a piece of software ( ./configure )from source:
*** 'pkg-...
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E: Package 'pkg-config' has no installation candidate [closed]
I am on Ubuntu 14.10 and I try to install new mongodb driver, but I have this error:
configure: error: Cannot find OpenSSL's libraries
ERROR: `/tmp/pear/temp/mongodb/configure' failed
I find that i ...
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compile error: library is installed (apt-cache policy shows it) but pkg-config does not find it
I am sorry, I am not experienced with gcc and installing packages from source, and can't fix my problem:
I am trying to install ncmpcpp from source (github) on Ubuntu 14.04 (the reason is that ...
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CMAKE Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing: PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
I have been building freerpd client for Eclipse in Ubuntu 14.04 but an error is popping up :
Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing: PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
when I use CMake 2.8. How can I get rid of it?
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How can I install IDL 8.4 from .pkg installation file on Ubuntu?
I would like to install the IDL 8.4 on my Ubuntu 14.04... The installation requires starting the Install_IDLENVI.pkg installation app.
Everything I have tried so far following various advices on ...
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Resolving pkg-config to packages
I'm trying to build something from source, and the configure tells me something like this:
checking for foo... Package foo was not found in the pkg-config search path.
So I have to go and install ...
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"pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0" reports older version
I have Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit. I am trying to compile an application from source code. It gives me an error message during linking in make process though ./autogen.sh and ./configure passed without ...
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infinity plugin audacious
Hey guys I'm quite new to ubuntu so sorry for asking newbi questions but: I found this interessting visualization plug-in for audacious (http://sourceforge.net/projects/infinity-plugin/) but I have no ...
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Install new version iw [closed]
Trying to install a new version of iw. After extracting, i run the "make" command.
/bin/sh/: 1: pkg-config: not found
Can not found any development files for libnl
I have installed libnl-3-200 ...
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Error while compiling
I need to compile a simple display image code in opencv on Ubuntu Linux platform but I am getting some errors as follows:
gcc: error: ‘pkg-config: No such file or directory
gcc: error: opencv‘: No ...
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Pkg-config missing many pc files
I have been trying to compile gargoyle and keep getting the fallowing error.
Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `...
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How do I add QtDeclarative to the pkg-config list
I installed today the libqt5 and QtQuick development stacks. In trying to also install the hsqml packages for Haskell, hsqml reports that QtDeclarative is not listed in pkg-config. However, I have ...
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Pkg-Config Error (No such file or directory)
if i try and compile the tutorial code for GTK3 with the command
gcc simple.c -o simple 'pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-3.0'
it gives off the error
gcc: error: pkg-config --libs --cflag gtk+-3.0: ...
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PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.
What does this mean ?
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Why does "pkg-config" print only a blank space with the "--cflags" option?
I installed libcurl using :sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev. When I try to compile my program I read that we have to pass where libcurl is located to the GCC compiler(although for me its ...
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libnotify, PKG_CONFIG_PATH
I am installing spidermonkey on Ubuntu 11.10. When running ./configure I receive a dependency error that libnotify >= 0.4 is not met.
Located the package in Ubuntu as
gir1.2-notify-0.7
So then I ...
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