[gobolinux-users] Problem compiling BMPx (libSoup/PkgConfig related)

[Michael Homer]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Thomas Queste <tqueste at free.fr> wrote:
> BMPx, a music player, has somme dependencies, for example boost and libSoup.
>  I'm stuck with the second, libSoup. It compiles well but BMPx can't find
>  it. It is related to PkgConfig and I don't know what to do.
>
>  I have libSoup :
>  gobo at Gobo ~]ls /Programs/LibSoup
>  2.3.2/  Current@  Settings/
>
>
>  Here is the error message :
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------
>  checking for pkg-config... /System/Links/Executables/pkg-config
>  checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
>  checking for SOUP... configure: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.2
>   >= 2.2.100) were not met.
>  Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
>  installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>
>  Alternatively you may set the SOUP_CFLAGS and SOUP_LIBS environment
>  variables
>  to avoid the need to call pkg-config.  See the pkg-config man page for
>  more details.
>  PrepareProgram: configure failed.
>  Compile: Preparation step failed.
>  gobo at Gobo ~]echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH
>  /System/Links/Libraries/pkgconfig
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  There is a file in pkgconfig:
>  /System/Links/Libraries/pkgconfig/libsoup-2.4.pc
What does `pkgconfig --modversion libsoup` give you? Are you running
Compile under sudo? If you are, try it without.
-Michael