[Users] New compile: libwebkit not found

[Michael A. Yetto]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 00:19:04 +0200
Andrej Kacian <andrej at kacian.sk> wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:26:43 -0400
>"Michael A. Yetto" <myetto1 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Nothing is returned from this command, but it I raise the right side
>> of the condition enough I get the following.
>> 
>> Requested 'webkit-1.0 >= 3' but version of WebKit is 2.4.11  
>
>That looks like pkg-config that the configure script finds and uses is
>different from the one you're using in terminal. Try studying  complete
>configure output (or config.log), the script first tries to find a
>pkg-config executable, and sets PKG_CONFIG variable with what it finds.
>
>Or you could just try setting
>PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig".
>
>Regards,

That not only worked, but it is very close to the obvious
clue I expected in the data I originally sent. 

Always check the air in the tires first.

Thank you. 
Mike Yetto
-- 
"Captain, the most elementary and valuable statement in science, the
beginning of wisdom, is 'I do not know.'"
 - Lt. Commander Data
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