How To Install pkg-config on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config on Ubuntu.
What is pkg-config
pkg-config is:
pkg-config is a system for managing library compile and link flags that works with automake and autoconf.
Increasingly libraries ship with “.pc” files that allow querying of the compiler and linker flags needed to use them through the pkg-config(1) program.
There are three methods to install pkg-config on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pkg-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pkg-config
Install pkg-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pkg-config
Install pkg-config Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pkg-config
How To Uninstall pkg-config on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pkg-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pkg-config
Uninstall pkg-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pkg-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-config
Remove pkg-config Configurations and Data
To remove pkg-config configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-config
Remove pkg-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pkg-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-config
Dependencies
pkg-config have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-config package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.