chapter06/pkgconfig.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-pkgconfig" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="pkg-config.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>pkgconfig</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&pkgconfig-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&pkgconfig-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-pkgconfig">
  20     <primary sortas="a-pkgconfig">Pkgconfig</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para> The pkg-config package contains a tool for passing the include path
  27     and/or library paths to build tools during the configure and make file
  28     execution.</para>
  29
  30     <segmentedlist>
  31       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  32       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  33
  34       <seglistitem>
  35         <seg>&pkgconfig-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  36         <seg>&pkgconfig-ch6-du;</seg>
  37       </seglistitem>
  38     </segmentedlist>
  39
  40   </sect2>
  41
  42   <sect2 role="installation">
  43     <title>Installation of Pkg-config</title>
  44
  45     <para>Prepare Pkg-config for compilation:</para>
  46
  47 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr              \
  48             --with-internal-glib       \
  49             --disable-compile-warnings \
  50             --disable-host-tool        \
  51             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</userinput></screen>
  52
  53     <variablelist>
  54       <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
  55
  56       <varlistentry>
  57         <term><parameter>--with-internal-glib</parameter></term>
  58         <listitem>
  59           <para>This will allow pkg-config to use its internal version of
  60           Glib because an external version is not available in LFS.</para>
  61         </listitem>
  62       </varlistentry>
  63
  64       <varlistentry>
  65         <term><parameter>--disable-compile-warnings</parameter></term>
  66         <listitem>
  67           <para>This option prevents the build system from using
  68           compiler flags which cause build failure when building
  69           with GCC 6.</para>
  70         </listitem>
  71       </varlistentry>
  72
  73       <varlistentry>
  74         <term><parameter>--disable-host-tool</parameter></term>
  75         <listitem>
  76           <para>This option disables the creation of an undesired hard link
  77           to the pkg-config program.</para>
  78         </listitem>
  79       </varlistentry>
  80
  81     </variablelist>
  82
  83
  84
  85     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  86
  87 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  88
  89     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  90
  91 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  92
  93     <para>Install the package:</para>
  94
  95 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  96
  97   </sect2>
  98
  99   <sect2 id="contents-pkgconfig" role="content">
 100     <title>Contents of Pkg-config</title>
 101
 102     <segmentedlist>
 103       <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
 104       <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
 105
 106       <seglistitem>
 107         <seg>pkg-config</seg>
 108         <seg>/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</seg>
 109       </seglistitem>
 110     </segmentedlist>
 111
 112     <variablelist>
 113       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 114       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 115       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 116
 117       <varlistentry id="pkgconfig">
 118          <!-- Don't remove the extra space, it prevents a FOP warning. -->
 119         <term><command>pkg-config </command></term>
 120         <listitem>
 121           <para>returns meta information for the specified library or package
 122           </para>
 123           <indexterm zone="ch-system-pkgconfig pkgconfig">
 124             <primary sortas="b-pkgconfig">pkg-config</primary>
 125           </indexterm>
 126         </listitem>
 127       </varlistentry>
 128
 129     </variablelist>
 130
 131   </sect2>
 132
 133 </sect1>