pkg-config

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Provide the details of installed libraries for compiling applications.

Examples (3)

Get the list of libraries and their dependencies

pkg-config --libs library1 library2 ...

Get the list of libraries, their dependencies, and proper cflags for gcc

pkg-config --cflags --libs library1 library2 ...

Compile your code with libgtk-3, libwebkit2gtk-4.0 and all their dependencies

c++ example.cpp $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.0) -o example