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Ananthu r nath
Asked: 2016-01-06 08:53:48 +0800 CST

CMAKE Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing: PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)

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I have been building freerpd client for Eclipse in Ubuntu 14.04 but an error is popping up :

Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing:  PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)

when I use CMake 2.8. How can I get rid of it?

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3 Answers

  1. Try:

    sudo apt-get install pkg-config
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  2. I ran into this nuts problem while compiling opencv. The problem is that CMake is not finding the pkg-config executable.

    Fix like this:

    1)In ubuntu terminal,

    which pkg-config

    You will get "usr/bin/pkg-config" if it's installed

    2) Add

    set(PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/usr/bin/pkg-config")

    to your Cmake file, or in your build directory, run "cmake-gui" to add it using the GUI. Now, Cmake will find the pkg-config.

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  3. https://github.com/vitalif/grive2/issues/74

    SOLUTION that worked for me:

    sudo apt-get install --reinstall pkg-config cmake-data
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