pkgconfig_library_detection_and_compiler_flags_retrieval.py

1import pkgconfig
2
3# Check if a library exists
4if pkgconfig.exists('glib-2.0'):
5    # Get the library version
6    version = pkgconfig.version('glib-2.0')
7    print(f"glib-2.0 version: {version}")
8
9    # Get compilation and linking flags
10    # This returns a dictionary with keys like 'libraries', 'library_dirs', 'include_dirs', etc.
11    flags = pkgconfig.parse('glib-2.0')
12    print("Compilation flags:", flags)
13
14    # You can also get a string of flags formatted for a compiler
15    cflags = pkgconfig.cflags('glib-2.0')
16    libs = pkgconfig.libs('glib-2.0')
17    print(f"Cflags: {cflags}")
18    print(f"Libs: {libs}")
19else:
20    print("glib-2.0 not found")