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I am trying to install some software on my mac; however I keep receiving the same error:
configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old. Make sure it is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full path to pkg-config. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XMEDCON_GLIB_CFLAGS and XMEDCON_GLIB_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. To get pkg-config, see <http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>. See `config.log' for more details I am not quite sure how to go about adding the pkg-config to the PATH. I have seen online (see link) that I should add the following:
Link showing how to direct PATH variable
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin # Fixed typo as mentioned in comment which is where I have placed pkg-config. I still keep getting the error though every time I try to configure the files using ./configure. Any help would be super appreciated!
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On a typical Unix system, it will search in the directories /usr/lib/pkgconfig and /usr/share/pkgconfig. This will usually cover system installed modules.
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 (or other libraries).
On most systems, pkg-config looks in /usr/lib/pkgconfig, /usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and /usr/local/share/pkgconfig for these files.
For Ubuntu/Debian OS,
apt-get install -y pkg-config
For Redhat/Yum OS,
yum install -y pkgconfig
For Archlinux OS,
pacman -S pkgconf
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