Re: GtkSourceView autogen.sh problem

[Matthew Brush <mbrush codebrainz ca>]

On 2019-07-22 8:08 a.m., Joachim Person wrote:
> Yes:
> $ pkg-config --version
> 0.29.1
>
> Den mån 22 juli 2019 kl 00:05 skrev Matthew Brush <mbrush codebrainz ca>:
>
> > On 2019-07-21 11:43 a.m., Joachim Person via gnome-devtools wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to get GtkSourceView (
> > > https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GtkSourceView) working, but I cannot
> > even
> > > get autogen to run:
> > >
> > > $ ./autogen.sh
> > > *** WARNING: I am going to run 'configure' with no arguments.
> > > *** If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the
> > > *** './autogen.sh' command line.
> > >
> > > autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> > > autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
> > > autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
> > > autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> > > autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
> > > libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
> > > libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
> > > libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
> > > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
> > > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
> > > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
> > > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
> > > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
> > > autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
> > > configure.ac:83: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
> > >         If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> > m4_pattern_allow.
> > >         See the Autoconf documentation.
> > > configure.ac:84: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_INSTALLDIR
> > > configure.ac:221: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CHECK_VAR
> > > autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> > >
> > > Google give only a few hits (
> > https://www.google.com/search?ei=Ia00XeHBHseIrwTswIlo&q=%22error%3A+possibly+undefined+macro%3A+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG%22+-windows&oq=%22error%3A+possibly+undefined+macro%3A+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG%22+-windows&gs_l=psy-ab.3...4521.6614..7194...0.0..0.209.1250.2j6j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......35i302i39.uLXM-7Jm_ZI&ved=0ahUKEwih1pG20MbjAhVHxIsKHWxgAg0Q4dUDCAo&uact=5
> > )
> > > on this and none of them seems to be related to my problem.
> > > How can this be solved?
> >
> > Do you have pkg-config installed?

Maybe try a recent version. Looking at Git, the project isn't even using 
Autotools anymore.

Regards,
Matthew Brush