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>pkg-config</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-host-tool        \
  50             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</userinput></screen>
  51
  52     <variablelist>
  53       <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
  54
  55       <varlistentry>
  56         <term><parameter>--with-internal-glib</parameter></term>
  57         <listitem>
  58           <para>This will allow pkg-config to use its internal version of
  59           Glib because an external version is not available in LFS.</para>
  60         </listitem>
  61       </varlistentry>
  62
  63       <varlistentry>
  64         <term><parameter>--disable-host-tool</parameter></term>
  65         <listitem>
  66           <para>This option disables the creation of an undesired hard link
  67           to the pkg-config program.</para>
  68         </listitem>
  69       </varlistentry>
  70
  71     </variablelist>
  72
  73     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  74
  75 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  76
  77     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  78
  79 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  80
  81     <para>Install the package:</para>
  82
  83 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  84
  85   </sect2>
  86
  87   <sect2 id="contents-pkgconfig" role="content">
  88     <title>Contents of Pkg-config</title>
  89
  90     <segmentedlist>
  91       <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
  92       <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
  93
  94       <seglistitem>
  95         <seg>pkg-config</seg>
  96         <seg>/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</seg>
  97       </seglistitem>
  98     </segmentedlist>
  99
 100     <variablelist>
 101       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 102       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 103       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 104
 105       <varlistentry id="pkgconfig">
 106          <!-- Don't remove the extra space, it prevents a FOP warning. -->
 107         <term><command>pkg-config </command></term>
 108         <listitem>
 109           <para>Returns meta information for the specified library or package
 110           </para>
 111           <indexterm zone="ch-system-pkgconfig pkgconfig">
 112             <primary sortas="b-pkgconfig">pkg-config</primary>
 113           </indexterm>
 114         </listitem>
 115       </varlistentry>
 116
 117     </variablelist>
 118
 119   </sect2>
 120
 121 </sect1>