Proper use of pkg-config in XCode

[Brandon Allbery]

On May 22, 2010, at 23:12 , kyle at canvasfoundation.org wrote:
> But, I have been trying to figure out how to properly use pkg-config  
> in XCode's GCC 4.0 "Other C++ flags" field under Project Settings.
>
> `pkg-config\ --cflags\ --libs\ cairo\ librsvg-2.0`
> "`pkg-config --cflags --libs cairo librsvg-2.0`"

Right, it won't run shell commands and interpolate the result (which  
is what the backticks do, but only in shells, not in random programs).

> It should be possible to use the output from pkg-config somewhere in  
> XCode, right? Should I use this command in Terminal and then copy- 
> paste that output into the Other Flags field?


Yes.

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