CMake/Modules/UsePkgConfig.cmake
Peter Kokot 36bff46594
UsePkgConfig: Update documentation
This module is deprecated yet still documentation output can be improved
a bit to provide relevant info where to go instead and how to "migrate"
to FindPkgConfig. Also in the near future, this can be further extended
or adjusted with `cmake_pkg_config()` built-in command.
2025-03-23 16:47:55 +01:00

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# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License. See accompanying
# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
#[=======================================================================[.rst:
UsePkgConfig
------------
.. deprecated:: 3.0
This module should no longer be used. Instead, use the
:module:`FindPkgConfig` module or the :command:`cmake_pkg_config` command.
This module provided a macro for finding external packages using
``pkg-config`` command-line utility. It has been replaced by the more
convenient ``FindPkgConfig`` module, which is commonly used in
:ref:`Find Modules`.
As of CMake 3.31, the built-in :command:`cmake_pkg_config` command provides
even more features to extract package information.
Macros
^^^^^^
This module defines the following macro:
.. command:: pkgconfig
Finds external package using ``pkg-config`` and sets result variables:
.. code-block:: cmake
pkgconfig(<package> <includedir> <libdir> <linkflags> <cflags>)
This macro invokes ``pkg-config`` command-line utility to retrieve the package
information into specified variables. If ``pkg-config`` or the specified
package ``<package>`` is NOT found, the result variables remain empty.
The arguments are:
``<package>``
Name of the package as defined in its PC metadata file (``<package>.pc``).
``<includedir>``
Variable name to store the package's include directory.
``<libdir>``
Variable name to store the directory containing the package library.
``<linkflags>``
Variable name to store the linker flags for the package.
``<cflags>``
Variable name to store the compiler flags for the package.
Examples
^^^^^^^^
Using this module fills the desired information into the four given variables:
.. code-block:: cmake
include(UsePkgConfig)
pkgconfig(
libart-2.0
LIBART_INCLUDEDIR
LIBART_LIBDIR
LIBART_LDFLAGS
LIBART_CFLAGS
)
Migrating to the :module:`FindPkgConfig` would look something like this:
.. code-block:: cmake
find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
pkg_check_modules(LIBART QUIET libart-2.0)
endif()
message(STATUS "LIBART_INCLUDEDIR=${LIBART_INCLUDEDIR}")
message(STATUS "LIBART_LIBDIR=${LIBART_LIBDIR}")
message(STATUS "LIBART_LDFLAGS=${LIBART_LDFLAGS}")
message(STATUS "LIBART_CFLAGS=${LIBART_CFLAGS}")
#]=======================================================================]
find_program(PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE NAMES pkg-config )
macro(PKGCONFIG _package _include_DIR _link_DIR _link_FLAGS _cflags)
message(STATUS
"WARNING: you are using the obsolete 'PKGCONFIG' macro, use FindPkgConfig")
# reset the variables at the beginning
set(${_include_DIR})
set(${_link_DIR})
set(${_link_FLAGS})
set(${_cflags})
# if pkg-config has been found
if(PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
execute_process(COMMAND ${PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ${_package} --exists RESULT_VARIABLE _return_VALUE OUTPUT_VARIABLE _pkgconfigDevNull )
# and if the package of interest also exists for pkg-config, then get the information
if(NOT _return_VALUE)
execute_process(COMMAND ${PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ${_package} --variable=includedir
OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${_include_DIR} OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
string(REGEX REPLACE "[\r\n]" " " ${_include_DIR} "${${_include_DIR}}")
execute_process(COMMAND ${PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ${_package} --variable=libdir
OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${_link_DIR} OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
string(REGEX REPLACE "[\r\n]" " " ${_link_DIR} "${${_link_DIR}}")
execute_process(COMMAND ${PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ${_package} --libs
OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${_link_FLAGS} OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
string(REGEX REPLACE "[\r\n]" " " ${_link_FLAGS} "${${_link_FLAGS}}")
execute_process(COMMAND ${PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} ${_package} --cflags
OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${_cflags} OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
string(REGEX REPLACE "[\r\n]" " " ${_cflags} "${${_cflags}}")
else()
message(STATUS "PKGCONFIG() indicates that ${_package} is not installed (install the package which contains ${_package}.pc if you want to support this feature)")
endif()
# if pkg-config has NOT been found, INFORM the user
else()
message(STATUS "WARNING: PKGCONFIG() indicates that the tool pkg-config has not been found on your system. You should install it.")
endif()
endmacro()
mark_as_advanced(PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE)