Search code examples
configureglibyoctobitbakeopenembedded

Configure fails on `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.12.3)'

I am attempting to create a fairly simple BitBake recipe that uses autotools, which you can see here: 

SUMMARY = "an example autotools recipe"
LICENSE = "MIT"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
inherit autotools 
SRC_URI = "file://${TOPDIR}/piu/geo_utilities"
S = "${TOPDIR}/piu/geo_utilities"

After starting a BitBake build with this recipe's default package included, do_configure fails with the following:

configure: line 12851: syntax error near unexpected token `GLIB,'          
configure: line 12851: `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.12.3)'

When I run ldd --version, I get this: ldd (GNU libc) 2.17.

I've found several sites like this Google Groups post and this GitHub issue which suggest that the problem can be solved by updating pkg-config. I'm running Red Hat, so I've run sudo yum install pkgconfig which returns that pkgconfig-0.27.1-4.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version.

(this question followed after this question was solved by the answerer)

Solution

  • The proper fix is to inherit pkgconfig. Specifically you need pkgconfig-native built.