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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 ... gtk 21.10 pkg-config gtk4 Leigh K

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asked Nov 8, 2021 at 17:05 4 votes 1 answer 1k views

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 ... pkg-config libxml Colin Frame

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asked Nov 2, 2021 at 9:55 2 votes 1 answer 2k views

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-... package-management xserver pkg-config Cornelius Roemer

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asked Jul 28, 2021 at 11:35 1 vote 1 answer 2k views

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 ... 18.04 apt package-management windows-subsystem-for-linux pkg-config Tom Yeoman

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asked Jul 15, 2021 at 19:55 4 votes 2 answers 2k views

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 ... system-installation dpkg error-handling pkg-config deepin-desktop-environment Julio Gambino

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asked May 11, 2021 at 18:37 1 vote 1 answer 249 views

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 ... pkg-config autoconf Claudio

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asked Feb 4, 2021 at 11:01 2 votes 1 answer 679 views

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 ... compiling libraries pkg-config ngc3o34

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asked Dec 14, 2020 at 0:03 0 votes 1 answer 2k views

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 ... cmake opencv pkg-config M.Akyuzlu

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asked Nov 4, 2020 at 12:06 2 votes 1 answer 3k views

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 ... cmake pkg-config VjayalakshmiK

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asked Aug 24, 2020 at 15:17 3 votes 1 answer 591 views

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 ... gnome pkg-config Jack M

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asked Aug 14, 2020 at 18:15 2 votes 1 answer 730 views

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 ... apt 20.04 python3 pkg-config Riccardo Di Meo

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asked Jul 7, 2020 at 7:16 13 votes 3 answers 18k views

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 ... 20.04 compiling ffmpeg pkg-config gnutls Saurabh P Bhandari

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asked Jun 23, 2020 at 6:49 5 votes 1 answer 4k views

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 ... 16.04 imagemagick gem pkg-config marinnen128

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asked Jan 27, 2020 at 7:16 2 votes 0 answers 523 views

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 ... gtk pkg-config AlternateSystem386

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asked Nov 7, 2019 at 4:50 6 votes 1 answer 5k views

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? pkg-config sclaes

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asked Sep 29, 2019 at 16:23
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