Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path #246

Qard · 2013-01-16T23:22:12Z

Just tried installing canvas 1.0.0 from npm and I'm getting this error;

> canvas@1.0.0 install /Users/stephenbelanger/Documents/Work/BlackcombGames/stats/node/node_modules/canvas
> node-gyp rebuild

Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `fontconfig.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'fontconfig', required by 'cairo', not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/gyp", line 18, in <module>
    sys.exit(gyp.main(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 511, in main
    return gyp_main(args)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 494, in gyp_main
    options.circular_check)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 133, in Load
    depth, generator_input_info, check, circular_check)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 2378, in Load
    depth, check)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 384, in LoadTargetBuildFile
    build_file_data, PHASE_EARLY, variables, build_file_path)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 1027, in ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict
    ProcessConditionsInDict(the_dict, phase, variables, build_file)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 904, in ProcessConditionsInDict
    variables, build_file)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 975, in ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict
    variables, build_file, 'variables')
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 982, in ProcessVariablesAndConditionsInDict
    expanded = ExpandVariables(value, phase, variables, build_file)
  File "/Users/stephenbelanger/.node-gyp/0.8.15/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 714, in ExpandVariables
    (contents, p.returncode))
Exception: Call to './util/has_cairo_freetype.sh' returned exit status 0. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/Cellar/node/0.8.15/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:350:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:99:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process._handle.onexit (child_process.js:678:10)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 11.4.2
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/Cellar/node/0.8.15/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/stephenbelanger/Documents/Work/BlackcombGames/stats/node/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.15
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.7.1
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! canvas@1.0.0 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the canvas@1.0.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the canvas package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls canvas
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.2
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/0.8.15/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/stephenbelanger/Documents/Work/BlackcombGames/stats/node
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.15
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.66
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/stephenbelanger/Documents/Work/BlackcombGames/stats/node/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

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codeincontext · 2013-02-06T21:27:53Z

Have you tried export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11/lib/pkgconfig? I had to specify that after installing Cairo via homebrew

aom · 2013-03-26T08:58:34Z

@skattyadz This worked for me but I ran into other problems described in #267.

RobertWHurst · 2013-05-08T21:34:07Z

I also have this issue, any chance this will get fixed? Brew is rather popular and its directories should be checked for dependencies.

nbppp2 · 2013-06-07T14:53:24Z

Depending on how you installed X11 depends on the export you need to add. If you are using OSX's built in X11, or installed XQuartz use 'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11/lib/pkgconfig' if you installed using hombrew or some other package manager use 'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig'.

More info on that can be found here https://github.com/LearnBoost/node-canvas/wiki/Installation---OSX

Hope that helps.

JohnMcLear · 2013-07-01T18:23:16Z

Hrm this issue is blocking me installing on smartOS (joyents OS)

[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# npm install
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas

> canvas@1.0.3 install /home/draw/node_modules/canvas
> node-gyp rebuild

./util/has_cairo_freetype.sh: line 4: pkg-config: command not found
gyp: Call to './util/has_cairo_freetype.sh' returned exit status 0. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:415:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:784:12)
gyp ERR! System SunOS 5.11
gyp ERR! command "node" "/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/draw/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.9.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! canvas@1.0.3 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the canvas@1.0.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the canvas package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls canvas
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System SunOS 5.11
npm ERR! command "/opt/local/bin/node" "/opt/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/draw
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.5
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/draw/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# locate pkg-config
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]#

[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# pkgin search pkg-config
verifypc-1.6         Sanity check package dependencies according to pkg-config
pkg-config-0.28      System for managing library compile/link flags

=: package is installed and up-to-date
<: package is installed but newer version is available
>: installed package has a greater version than available package
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# pkgin install pkg-config-0.28
calculating dependencies... done.

nothing to upgrade.
1 packages to be installed: pkg-config-0.28 (215K to download, 558K to install)

proceed ? [Y/n]
downloading packages...
pkg-config-0.28.tgz                                                                                                                                                                              100%  215KB 215.1KB/s 215.1KB/s   00:00
installing packages...
installing pkg-config-0.28...
pkg_install warnings: 0, errors: 0
reading local summary...
processing local summary...
updating database: 100%
marking pkg-config-0.28 as non auto-removable
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# npm install
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas

> canvas@1.0.3 install /home/draw/node_modules/canvas
> node-gyp rebuild

Package xproto was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xproto.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'xproto', required by 'xau', not found
gyp: Call to './util/has_cairo_freetype.sh' returned exit status 0. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:415:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:784:12)
gyp ERR! System SunOS 5.11
gyp ERR! command "node" "/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/draw/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.9.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! canvas@1.0.3 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the canvas@1.0.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the canvas package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls canvas
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System SunOS 5.11
npm ERR! command "/opt/local/bin/node" "/opt/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/draw
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.5
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/draw/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# locate xproto.pc
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]#

[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# pkgin search xproto
xproto-7.0.23nb2     X protocol and ancillary headers from Xorg X11

=: package is installed and up-to-date
<: package is installed but newer version is available
>: installed package has a greater version than available package
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# pkgin install xproto
calculating dependencies... done.

nothing to upgrade.
1 packages to be installed: xproto-7.0.23nb2 (188K to download, 1160K to install)

proceed ? [Y/n]
downloading packages...
xproto-7.0.23nb2.tgz                                                                                                                                                                             100%  188KB 188.4KB/s 188.4KB/s   00:00
installing packages...
installing xproto-7.0.23nb2...
pkg_install warnings: 0, errors: 0
reading local summary...
processing local summary...
updating database: 100%
marking xproto-7.0.23nb2 as non auto-removable
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# locate xproto.pc
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# updatedb
/opt/local/bin/gfind: /system/lxproc/93550/fd/4: No such file or directory
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# locate xproto.pc
/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/xproto.pc
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]# npm install
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas

> canvas@1.0.3 install /home/draw/node_modules/canvas
> node-gyp rebuild

Package renderproto was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `renderproto.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'renderproto', required by 'xrender', not found
gyp: Call to './util/has_cairo_freetype.sh' returned exit status 0. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:415:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:784:12)
gyp ERR! System SunOS 5.11
gyp ERR! command "node" "/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/draw/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.9.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! canvas@1.0.3 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the canvas@1.0.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the canvas package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls canvas
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System SunOS 5.11
npm ERR! command "/opt/local/bin/node" "/opt/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/draw
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.5
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/draw/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
[root@c5da04ca-3754-4831-9a74-8e11f9b1d9bc /home/draw]#

Any more suggestions?

JohnMcLear · 2013-07-01T18:32:03Z

Okay so I solved this for SmartOS, see my command history..

pkgin install gcc47-4.7.2nb3 gcc-compiler gcc47 gmake fontconfig-2.10.91nb1 xproto renderproto kbproto xextproto
pkg-config cairo --cflags-only-I
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig
npm install

To find your correct PKG_CONFIG_PATH do a locate xproto.pc and use that path (minus the file name)

johnfelipe · 2014-04-09T11:12:12Z

and in ubuntu?

rchekaluk · 2014-05-02T16:55:47Z

/usr/share/pkgconfig/xproto.pc on Ubuntu Trusty

dt1973 · 2015-01-18T19:38:53Z

Having the same problem on FreeBSD 10.1. cairo-1.12.18_1,2 is installed. I've tried export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig to no avail:

# uname -a
FreeBSD test 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274401: Tue Nov 11 21:02:49 UTC 2014
# npm install canvas
/
> canvas@1.1.6 install /usr/home/www/myapp/node_modules/canvas
> node-gyp rebuild

./util/has_cairo_freetype.sh: line 4: pkg-config: command not found
gyp: Call to './util/has_cairo_freetype.sh' returned exit status 0. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:343:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:820:12)
gyp ERR! System FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/home/www/myapp/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.35
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "canvas"
npm ERR! node v0.10.35
npm ERR! npm  v2.1.18
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! canvas@1.1.6 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the canvas@1.1.6 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the canvas package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls canvas
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /usr/home/www/myapp/npm-debug.log

mltucker · 2015-01-18T21:48:38Z

@dt1973 looks like pkg-config executable is not in your PATH?

dt1973 · 2015-01-18T21:55:36Z

Indeed. Turns out I had to do pkg install pkgconf.

Thanks!

LinusU · 2016-02-15T20:33:21Z

Closing this since it's an old thread, please see our new installation instructions and report back if you still have problems...

hasnainshafqatmlt · 2016-05-19T11:11:00Z

seems like it's worked, waoO

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/X11/lib/pkgconfig/ npm install canvas

maple-leaf · 2017-12-28T02:28:04Z

Add a note for installing for mac on macOS 10.13.2 using brew:

brew install pkg-config cairo libpng jpeg giflib fontconfig
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
so far, fontconfig.pc and libpng.pc may not exist on PKG_CONFIG_PATH, so you need copy them into PKG_CONFIG_PATH

cp /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.6.34/lib/pkgconfig/libpng.pc /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
cp /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.6.34/lib/pkgconfig /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

now you should install node-canvas without any deps problem

tomasdev · 2018-02-03T23:22:33Z

brew install pkg-config cairo pango libpng jpeg giflib
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/bin:$PATH
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/sbin:$PATH
cp /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.6.34/lib/pkgconfig/libpng.pc /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
cp /usr/local/Cellar/fontconfig/2.12.6/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
npm i canvas

These are all the steps I had to do in my Mac, thanks @maple-leaf for 99% of that

tigercosmos · 2018-02-17T17:07:26Z

@toddwilkens works well

halfbeep · 2019-08-11T08:22:45Z

on ubuntu 18* try:-

sudo apt-get install libfontconfig-dev

talgalili · 2021-05-08T18:40:53Z

Using sudo apt install pkgconf on linux mint worked for me. :)

JonathanZWhite mentioned this issue Sep 30, 2015

Error install on Mac os x 10.9.2 #415

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