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Installing pkg-config from source on OS X
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givingwu commented Aug 2, 2019

First, thanks for your share.

And i am confusing about the first line of the code LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework Carbon" ./configure --with-internal-glib,

what's that means LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework Carbon"?

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OSX & iOS uses a mechanism for managing development resources such as a libraries called Frameworks. These are generally frameworks in the Software Engineering sense however might also just be libraries. The flag informs the tool chain to build against these libraries.

See Apple's documentation about it for more details.

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https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/confluence/display/DESDM/Installing+pkg-config+from+source+for+OSX
try this!

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scrutinizer11 commented Jun 18, 2022 •
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Thank you very much. To compile another binary pkg-config was a requirement although I'll never use it. You're the first one to explain how to compile the damn thing on macOS in plain human language. Additionally, the official GitLab link given on freedesktop.org to download "the source code" landed me with a package without the configure exec but with vastly inarticulate instructions.

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