Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

[Chad A Daelhousen <cd9 cse Buffalo EDU>]

At Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 11:47:12PM -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
> All the compilation problems I've seen lately on this list stem from
> users not understanding what happens when you  install to /usr/local and
> try to use pkg-config without telling it to look for your .pc files in
> /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig (it defaults to /usr/lib/pkgconfig).

That suggests pkg-config needs ${PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig included in its
default path. It's not user error if a piece of software doesn't pay
attention to where it installed itself (or was asked to install itself).

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Chad Daelhousen
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