Re: PKG_CONFIG_PATH has no effect

[Olexiy Avramchenko <ath beast stu cn ua>]

Michael Obster wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've a problem with compiling gtk+-2.0.6. Configure is always 
> complaining about a missing glib-2.0. But it is installed in /usr/local.
> One thing perhaps I should say is, that I have also installed gtk+-1.x 
> and glib-1.x in /usr.
>
> I looks for me that the damn configure finds the version 1.x and aborts.
>
> Tried to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH with "export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local". 
> env shows that is is set, but configure does not find it. 

Oops, an error there, you should use "export 
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/pkgconfig".
Better one is: "export 
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/pkgconfig"

Olexiy