pkg-config not found

[beachbob89]

I am having trouble installing pdlib on my NextCloud system which is installed on my Freenas platform. Freenas uses the FreeBSD distro.

When I got to run "./configure --enable-debug", I get the error: "error:pkg-config not found"

I know with FreeBSD they are using "pkgconf" but I have run "pkg-config" and can confirm it is in /usr/local/bin/pkg-config. I even set the variable PKG_CONFIG to help it find it with no luck. Any help would be appreciated.

[marfraTUC]

Run into the same issue using Ubuntu 20.04.
Resolved it by installing all dependency named in the installation guide. In my case Dlib was missing:

Install Dlib as shared library:

git clone https://github.com/davisking/dlib.git
cd dlib/dlib
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ..
make
sudo make install

[stavrak]

@marfraTUC i had the same issue.
Got it fixed by setting the pkg config variable (setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig)
as described in https://discuss.getsol.us/d/5423-compiled-library-not-found