Mission

The aim of the Eclipse plug-in is to provide automation of configuration needed for projects using pkg-config, such as GTK+ and gtkmm.

Features

The plug-in will set options and switches automatically that gcc needs to add in the selected packages - specifically the header file paths, the libraries, and some other gcc switches. For more see the implementation plan.

• Property page

Used to select packages.

• Preference page

Used to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH and PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR environment variables for Eclipse.

What is PKG-CONFIG?

Pkg-config utility outputs the necessary options needed to build a given package that can be passed as compiler options.

• Linux man page: http://linux.die.net/man/1/pkg-config

• Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pkg-config

Mailing list

http://groups.google.com/group/pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt

pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt@googlegroups.com

Update-site

http://petrituononen.com/pkg-config-support-for-eclipse-cdt/update

Note: Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) and CDT 8 (or newer) are mandatory. Try first without setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH manually. It is found automatically in most cases.

Windows users: Do not install Gtk+ or Gtkmm in a path containing spaces, because pkg-config does not support spaces in paths.

Eclipse Marketplace entry

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/pkg-config-support-eclipse-cdt