Hi, Stephan Menzel <stephan42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > pkg-config isn't related to automake. At least not more than gimptool. > > I know. But adjusting Makefile.am to use pkg-config would require be > much more knowledge of automake than simply changing it to use > gimptool-2.0. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Not really. Let me give you some examples... The standard way of using gimptool-2.0 from configure.in is to use AM_PATH_GIMP_2_0(2.0.1) The pkg-config way of doing this is: PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GIMP, gimp-2.0 gimpui-2.0 >= 2.0.1) Both macros do a version check and fill in the variables GIMP_CFLAGS and GIMP_LIBS. Additional info can be gathered by calling gimptool-2.0 directly, for example: CFLAGS=`gimptool-2.0 --cflags-noui` The pkg-config way of doing this is to use: CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags gimp-2.0` The advantage of using pkg-config is that it's not a GIMP specific solution. You need to learn the syntax just once and can use it for all those libraries that install .pc files. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad about using gimptool. Just wanted to point out the advantages of using pkg-config. Sven
