On 27/06/2016 19:50, Shomper, Keith A wrote: > Working out of the LFS 7.9 Book. Got to section 6.58 Kbd-2.0.3 w/o any > problems. When running configure command, > > /PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tools/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --prefix=/usr > --disable-vlock/ > > received the following error: > > /checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p > checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking for pkg-config..08:26shomper... /usr/bin/pkg-config > checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes > checking for CHECK... no > configure: error: Package requirements (check >= 0.9.4) were not met: > No package 'check' found > Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you > installed software in a non-standard prefix. > Alternatively, you may set the environment variab08:27shomperles CHECK_CFLAGS > and CHECK_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. > See the pkg-config man page for more details./ > > There was an online post > <http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2013-September/068377.html> > referencing this same problem (Sep 2013), but the answer was adjust > PKG_CONFIG_PATH to what is already referenced in LFS book > > I see that Check0.10 is part of the Chapter 5 sources, but not called for in > Chapter 6. Is this an omission? Should I install check-0.10.0 and re-try > install kbd-2.0.3? >
The answer to the last paragraph is "no, there is no omission". - Do you still have /tools/lib/pkgconfig/check.pc? If so, isn't it corrupted? - There may be a more verbose error message in config.log. Can you look at it? - What is the output of (the line may be truncated by my mailer; this command is all on one line): ---------- PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tools/lib/pkgconfig pkg-config --exists --print-errors "check >= 0.9.4" ---------- - If there is no output, what is the output of (type this just after the preceding command): --- echo $? --- Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
