tldr/pages/linux/pkg-config.md

pkg-config

Provide the details of installed libraries for compiling applications. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/.

• Get the list of libraries and their dependencies:

pkg-config --libs {{library1 library2 ...}}

• Get the list of libraries, their dependencies, and proper cflags for gcc:

pkg-config --cflags --libs {{library1 library2 ...}}

• Compile your code with libgtk-3, libwebkit2gtk-4.0 and all their dependencies:

c++ example.cpp $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.0) -o example