[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Serring the PKG_CONFIG_PATH Environment Variable
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:43:19 -0500
How does archlinux differ from say Red Hat RHEL? What is the advantage
of using it?
Thanks,
John
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:02:35PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> Hello,
> On archlinux to get the locate commands you may need to install the
> mlocate package (that is not a typo, the m should be at the beginning).
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 18/06/2012 12:54, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >John,
> >
> >I had to install pkg-config. Once I did both liblouis and liblouisutdml
> >seem
> >to have compiled successfully. What should I look for to make sure they did
> >compile correctly? The HTML documentation files are there. I didn't have to
> >set the environment variable.
> >
> >The updated command doesn't work. The locate command doesn't either. Any
> >idea what I might need to install to get this to work?
> >
> >Thanks so much for all your help.
> >
> >
> >Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >
> >Vic
> >E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> >Boyer
> >Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 5:19 AM
> >To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Serring the PKG_CONFIG_PATH Environment
> >Variable
> >
> >Hi Vic,
> >
> >I think you are using archlinux. I'm not familiar with this
> >distribution. However, you should have a .bashrc file in your home
> >directory. You can also make the changes in the /etc file. That will
> >make them systemwide. I take it that liblouis compiles. Perhaps it was
> >placed in /user/lib, so you could chek there.
> >
> >pkgconfig is both a directory and a program or shell script. You may
> >have to install it. You will need pkg-config-0.22.tar.gz To find out if
> >pkgconfig is already on your system the best way is to use the locate
> >comand. To activate it you must log in as root and then type updatedb
> >the command
> >
> >locate pkg
> >
> >will then find all files on your system beginning with pkg . This may be
> >a lengthy list, so you might want to use
> >
> >locate pkg |more
> >
> >John
> >
> >On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:48:35AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>John,
> >>
> >>Is there a way to search a file system tree for a specific file?
> >>
> >>I can't find a .bashrc file. I found a file called /etc/bash.bashrc. Would
> >>that be it?
> >>
> >>Is pkgconfig a file or a directory? My /usr/local/lib directory is empty.
> >>How else would I find out what to set this variable to?
> >>
> >>My errors from configure were:
> >>
> >>./configure: line 13558: syntax error near unexpected token
> >>`BASE_DEPENDENCIES,'
> >>./configure: line 13558: `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE_DEPENDENCIES, liblouis
> >>libxml$
> >>
> >>Where do I go from here?
> >>
> >>
> >>Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >>
> >>Vic
> >>E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> >>Boyer
> >>Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 7:15 PM
> >>To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Serring the PKG_CONFIG_PATH Environment
> >>Variable
> >>
> >>This variable tells the configure script where to find dependencies. You
> >>should add a line like this to your .bashrc file and then log out and
> >>log back in.
> >>
> >>export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/devel/lib/pkgconfig
> >>
> >>The part after the = sign is system dependent. I can't say what it would
> >>be on your system, but it might be /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>--
> >>John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>
> >>For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> >>project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>
> >>For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> >>project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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