Re: GtkSourceView autogen.sh problem

On 2019-07-21 11:43 a.m., Joachim Person via gnome-devtools wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to get GtkSourceView (
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GtkSourceView) working, but I cannot even
> get autogen to run:
> 
> $ ./autogen.sh
> *** WARNING: I am going to run 'configure' with no arguments.
> *** If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the
> *** './autogen.sh' command line.
> 
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
> autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
> libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
> libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
> libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
> autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
> configure.ac:83: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
>        If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>        See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.ac:84: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_INSTALLDIR
> configure.ac:221: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CHECK_VAR
> autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> 
> Google give only a few hits (
> https://www.google.com/search?ei=Ia00XeHBHseIrwTswIlo&q=%22error%3A+possibly+undefined+macro%3A+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG%22+-windows&oq=%22error%3A+possibly+undefined+macro%3A+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG%22+-windows&gs_l=psy-ab.3...4521.6614..7194...0.0..0.209.1250.2j6j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......35i302i39.uLXM-7Jm_ZI&ved=0ahUKEwih1pG20MbjAhVHxIsKHWxgAg0Q4dUDCAo&uact=5)
> on this and none of them seems to be related to my problem.
> How can this be solved?
> 

Do you have pkg-config installed?

Regards,
Matthew Brush