Comment 1:

You didn't tell us what the problem is. Like in " ... What is the expected output? What
do you see instead? ...". Please, provide that. Thank you.
Alex

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Comment 2 by vincent@callanan.ie:

From either git, msys or normal cmd shell (in Windows 7)...
go get github.com/banthar/Go-SDL/sdl
Output...
# pkg-config --cflags sdl
exec: "pkg-config": executable file not found in %PATH%
Apologies in advance if I have missed something obvious.
It's just that git repositories are so common with Go.
And this problem has been mentioned before in groups as a Windows-specific issue.
I'm wondering if it is possible to make "go get" (and possibly other cmds) more uniform
across OSes, e.g. by leveraging the MinGW MSys shell in Windows.
But, on the whole, I am very impressed with my Golang/Windows experience thus far.

Comment 3 by vincent@callanan.ie:

I just happened to notice that the respository was in fact successfully retrieved in
spite of the above error message. Is it possible that this error message is spurious or
just related to the specific package. If so, apologies for taking your time on this.

Comment 4:

it's because that package (sdl) uses pkg-config to get necessary cflags and ldfalgs
for compiler and linker, respectively.
you need to install pkg-config for windows, or you can just modify the source
with the real cflags and ldflags.

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Comment 5 by vincent@callanan.ie:

Ah yes, all is clear now. I had Go "packages" on the brain and assumed that pkg-config
was an internal Go utility.
Many thanks for help