why are .pc files not listed in one place
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I am on Debian buster. I was reading the manpage of pkg-config and found that .pc files are and can be listed in many places . From the manpage -
pkg-config retrieves information about packages from special
metadata files. These files are named after the package, and has a .pc
extension. On most systems, pkg-config looks in /usr/lib/pkgconfig,
/usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and
/usr/local/share/pkgconfig for these files. It will additionally look
in the colon-separated (on Windows, semicolon-separated) list of
directories specified by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.
- From pkg-config manpage
sure enough I saw that there are packages in /usr/lib/pkgconfig/, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig/ , while I can understand the /usr/local/.. part for locally compiled/built apps. I do not understand why there is a distinction between /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig . Is it something to do with some things need to be in userspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space or something else entirely ?
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I am on Debian buster. I was reading the manpage of pkg-config and found that .pc files are and can be listed in many places . From the manpage -
pkg-config retrieves information about packages from special
metadata files. These files are named after the package, and has a .pc
extension. On most systems, pkg-config looks in /usr/lib/pkgconfig,
/usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and
/usr/local/share/pkgconfig for these files. It will additionally look
in the colon-separated (on Windows, semicolon-separated) list of
directories specified by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.
- From pkg-config manpage
sure enough I saw that there are packages in /usr/lib/pkgconfig/, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig/ , while I can understand the /usr/local/.. part for locally compiled/built apps. I do not understand why there is a distinction between /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig . Is it something to do with some things need to be in userspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space or something else entirely ?
debian libraries pkg-config
asked Feb 8 at 17:28
shirish
3,26342273
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I am on Debian buster. I was reading the manpage of pkg-config and found that .pc files are and can be listed in many places . From the manpage -
pkg-config retrieves information about packages from special
metadata files. These files are named after the package, and has a .pc
extension. On most systems, pkg-config looks in /usr/lib/pkgconfig,
/usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and
/usr/local/share/pkgconfig for these files. It will additionally look
in the colon-separated (on Windows, semicolon-separated) list of
directories specified by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.
- From pkg-config manpage
sure enough I saw that there are packages in /usr/lib/pkgconfig/, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig/ , while I can understand the /usr/local/.. part for locally compiled/built apps. I do not understand why there is a distinction between /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig . Is it something to do with some things need to be in userspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space or something else entirely ?
debian libraries pkg-config
asked Feb 8 at 17:28
shirish
3,26342273
I am on Debian buster. I was reading the manpage of pkg-config and found that .pc files are and can be listed in many places . From the manpage -
pkg-config retrieves information about packages from special
metadata files. These files are named after the package, and has a .pc
extension. On most systems, pkg-config looks in /usr/lib/pkgconfig,
/usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and
/usr/local/share/pkgconfig for these files. It will additionally look
in the colon-separated (on Windows, semicolon-separated) list of
directories specified by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.
- From pkg-config manpage
sure enough I saw that there are packages in /usr/lib/pkgconfig/, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig/ , while I can understand the /usr/local/.. part for locally compiled/built apps. I do not understand why there is a distinction between /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ and /usr/share/pkgconfig . Is it something to do with some things need to be in userspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space or something else entirely ?
debian libraries pkg-config
asked Feb 8 at 17:28
shirish
3,26342273
asked Feb 8 at 17:28
shirish
3,26342273
asked Feb 8 at 17:28
shirish
3,26342273
asked Feb 8 at 17:28
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The distinction is related to architecture independence. .pc files which might be architecture-specific go in /usr/lib (on Debian, /usr/lib/pkgconfig for pre-multiarch packages, /usr/lib/<triplet>/pkgconfig for multiarch packages), .pc files which are sure to be architecture-independent can go in /usr/share (only /usr/share/pkgconfig, no need to distinguish triplets here).
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
2
down vote
accepted
The distinction is related to architecture independence. .pc files which might be architecture-specific go in /usr/lib (on Debian, /usr/lib/pkgconfig for pre-multiarch packages, /usr/lib/<triplet>/pkgconfig for multiarch packages), .pc files which are sure to be architecture-independent can go in /usr/share (only /usr/share/pkgconfig, no need to distinguish triplets here).
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
Stephen Kitt
142k22308369
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up vote
2
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accepted
The distinction is related to architecture independence. .pc files which might be architecture-specific go in /usr/lib (on Debian, /usr/lib/pkgconfig for pre-multiarch packages, /usr/lib/<triplet>/pkgconfig for multiarch packages), .pc files which are sure to be architecture-independent can go in /usr/share (only /usr/share/pkgconfig, no need to distinguish triplets here).
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
Stephen Kitt
142k22308369
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up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
The distinction is related to architecture independence. .pc files which might be architecture-specific go in /usr/lib (on Debian, /usr/lib/pkgconfig for pre-multiarch packages, /usr/lib/<triplet>/pkgconfig for multiarch packages), .pc files which are sure to be architecture-independent can go in /usr/share (only /usr/share/pkgconfig, no need to distinguish triplets here).
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
Stephen Kitt
142k22308369
The distinction is related to architecture independence. .pc files which might be architecture-specific go in /usr/lib (on Debian, /usr/lib/pkgconfig for pre-multiarch packages, /usr/lib/<triplet>/pkgconfig for multiarch packages), .pc files which are sure to be architecture-independent can go in /usr/share (only /usr/share/pkgconfig, no need to distinguish triplets here).
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
Stephen Kitt
142k22308369
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
Stephen Kitt
142k22308369
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
Stephen Kitt
142k22308369
answered Feb 8 at 17:36
Stephen Kitt
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