pkg-config

pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. It helps you insert the correct compiler options on the command line so an application can use gcc -o test test.c pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0 for instance, rather than hard-coding values on where to find glib See documentation

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/pkg-config as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/pkg-config)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/pkg-config)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/pkg-config --binlink

will add the following binary to the PATH:

• bin/pkg-config

For example:

$ hab pkg install core/pkg-config --binlink
» Installing core/pkg-config
☁ Determining latest version of core/pkg-config in the 'stable' channel
→ Found newer installed version (core/pkg-config/0.29.2/20200611190116) than remote version (core/pkg-config/0.29.2/20200305230004)
→ Using core/pkg-config/0.29.2/20200611190116
★ Install of core/pkg-config/0.29.2/20200611190116 complete with 0 new packages installed.
» Binlinking pkg-config from core/pkg-config/0.29.2/20200611190116 into /bin
★ Binlinked pkg-config from core/pkg-config/0.29.2/20200611190116 to /bin/pkg-config

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example:

/bin/pkg-config --help or pkg-config --help

$ pkg-config --help
Usage:
  pkg-config [OPTION...]

Help Options:
  -h, --help                              Show help options

Application Options:
  --version                               output version of pkg-config
  --modversion                            output version for package
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