Re: [e-users] Compilation difficulties

Massimo Maiurana <[email protected]> Fri, 8 Aug 2025 15:58:25 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.enlightenment.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
dep ha scritto il 08/08/25 alle 08:18:
> meson.build:17:9: ERROR: Dependency "elementary" not found, tried pkgconfig
> and cmake
>
> libelementary is installed. I have /usr/share/elementary. I have
> ~/.elementary. I
> have /usr/bin.elementary_codegen, /usr/bin/elementary_config,
> and /usr/bin/elementary_perf. I can find no other package containing
> elementary. I am loath to mess around with my PATH environment variable
> unless I'm sure it's safe.

PATH is for executables, you should instead chek your PKGCONFIG_PATH 
environment variable. When i build e17, since i install it in /opt/e17 i 
do an "export 
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/e17/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/e17lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig" 
prior to invoke meson. In your case, if you leave the installation dir 
as the default /usr/local you should tweak your env accordingly.

Massimo Maiurana