Installing pkg-config from source on OS X

pkg-config-mac.md

Building from source without homebrew or any other package manager.

Download the latest version of the [https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases/?C=M;O=A](pkg-config source).

LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework Carbon" ./configure --with-internal-glib
make
sudo make install

First, thanks for your share.

And i am confusing about the first line of the code LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework Carbon" ./configure --with-internal-glib,

what's that means LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework Carbon"?

OSX & iOS uses a mechanism for managing development resources such as a libraries called Frameworks. These are generally frameworks in the Software Engineering sense however might also just be libraries. The flag informs the tool chain to build against these libraries.

See Apple's documentation about it for more details.

https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/confluence/display/DESDM/Installing+pkg-config+from+source+for+OSX
try this!

Thank you very much. To compile another binary pkg-config was a requirement although I'll never use it. You're the first one to explain how to compile the damn thing on macOS in plain human language. Additionally, the official GitLab link given on freedesktop.org to download "the source code" landed me with a package without the configure exec but with vastly inarticulate instructions.

I went to compile OS Sonoma on my Mac and got this error:

gatomic.c:392:10: error: incompatible integer to pointer conversion passing 'gssize' (aka 'long') to parameter of type 'gpointer' (aka 'void *') [-Wint-conversion]
  return g_atomic_pointer_add ((volatile gpointer *) atomic, val);
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./gatomic.h:170:46: note: expanded from macro 'g_atomic_pointer_add'
    (gssize) __sync_fetch_and_add ((atomic), (val));                         \
                                             ^~~~~
gatomic.c:416:10: error: incompatible integer to pointer conversion passing 'gsize' (aka 'unsigned long') to parameter of type 'gpointer' (aka 'void *') [-Wint-conversion]
  return g_atomic_pointer_and ((volatile gpointer *) atomic, val);
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./gatomic.h:177:45: note: expanded from macro 'g_atomic_pointer_and'
    (gsize) __sync_fetch_and_and ((atomic), (val));                          \
                                            ^~~~~
gatomic.c:440:10: error: incompatible integer to pointer conversion passing 'gsize' (aka 'unsigned long') to parameter of type 'gpointer' (aka 'void *') [-Wint-conversion]
  return g_atomic_pointer_or ((volatile gpointer *) atomic, val);
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./gatomic.h:184:44: note: expanded from macro 'g_atomic_pointer_or'
    (gsize) __sync_fetch_and_or ((atomic), (val));                           \
                                           ^~~~~
gatomic.c:464:10: error: incompatible integer to pointer conversion passing 'gsize' (aka 'unsigned long') to parameter of type 'gpointer' (aka 'void *') [-Wint-conversion]
  return g_atomic_pointer_xor ((volatile gpointer *) atomic, val);
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./gatomic.h:191:45: note: expanded from macro 'g_atomic_pointer_xor'
    (gsize) __sync_fetch_and_xor ((atomic), (val));                          \
                                            ^~~~~
4 errors generated.
make[6]: *** [libglib_2_0_la-gatomic.lo] Error 1
make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Same issue as [rangelfn]. So far, I've been unable to work around it.

Running into the same issue as well. Sonoma 14.5 on Apple Silicon.

This seems to address the issue: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pkg-config/pkg-config/-/issues/81

@m-bob @rangelfn

@mkdeak

Thanks for the info. I'm also running Sonoma 14.5 on Apple Silicon (M1 Air).

But no joy. I tried to make pkgconfig 0.28.

From what I gleaned from the link you provided, I tried:

CFLAGS="-Wno-int-conversion"
CXXFLAGS="-Wno-int-conversion"
./configure --with-internal-glib

Same errors as before when I tried to make.

Did I misinterpret the link? Should I try a newer pkgconfig?

Should I try to build glib separately and then try to build pkgconfig without using its internal glib?

Again, thanks!

@rangelfn

@m-bob try running the three things on the same line: CFLAGS="-Wno-int-conversion" CXXFLAGS="-Wno-int-conversion" ./configure --with-internal-glib

OMG! That worked! Thank you!

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@mkdeak Your solution is very useful！