Re: meson: missing pkg-config ?

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On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 10:02:04AM +0200, Beno=C3=AEt Rouits wrote:
>While trying to build a personal Debian package for my program=20
>ebur128adjust* (not in Debian) I experience an issue with a missing=20
>meson debian dependency/recommendation: pkg-config. however, pkgconf=20
>is installed but meson seem to have no knowledge of it.

pkgconf ships /usr/bin/pkg-config.

>Pkg-config binary missing from cross or native file, or env var undefined.
>Trying a default Pkg-config fallback at pkg-config
>Did not find pkg-config by name 'pkg-config'

This seems to be some other problem than the one you asked about.

>So I'm asking: Is it normal that meson does not depend on `pkg-config` ?

Nothing should depend on the obsolete pkg-config package.

>As a workaround, to build the Debian package, I put pkg-conig in the=20
>Build-Depends section of d/control.=20

Sounds like you haven't tried putting pkgconf there.

--=20
WBR, wRAR

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