autogen.sh fail because of pkg_config #22771

1. 
   soha1410 commented at 2:41 pm on August 22, 2021: none

   Hi, I wanna build bitcoin core on mac Os Big Sur. I installed every dependency with brew but the ./autogen.sh generate this error .

   build-aux/m4/ax_pthread.m4:89: AX_PTHREAD is expanded from… configure.ac:811: the top level configure.ac:15: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. See the Autoconf documentation. configure.ac:261: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE configure.ac:653: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN autoreconf: error: /opt/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

   the actual error is for pkg_config not found . but I installed it . appreciate any help.

2. soha1410 added the label Bug on Aug 22, 2021
3. fanquake removed the label Bug on Aug 23, 2021
4. 
   fanquake commented at 1:48 am on August 23, 2021: member

   There’s not much we can do here. Those errors mean that pkg-config is not available. Ensure that it is, and try re-running autogen.sh.
5. 
   hebasto commented at 9:28 am on August 24, 2021: member

   @soha1410

   the actual error is for pkg_config not found . but I installed it .

   Via Homebrew?

   What is output of the which pkg-config command in your terminal? If it is empty, verify the PATH environment variable, to ensure it includes the path to pkg-config binary.

6. 
   soha1410 commented at 9:55 am on August 24, 2021: none

   @soha1410

   the actual error is for pkg_config not found . but I installed it .

   Via Homebrew?

   What is output of the which pkg-config command in your terminal? If it is empty, verify the PATH environment variable, to ensure it includes the path to pkg-config binary.

   which pkg-config /usr/local/bin/pkg-config

7. 
   hebasto commented at 10:12 am on August 24, 2021: member

   Could you try to start from the clean repo using git clean -xdff?
8. 
   soha1410 commented at 12:08 pm on August 24, 2021: none

   Could you try to start from the clean repo using git clean -xdff?

   I try that too , no success.

9. fanquake added the label macOS on Sep 16, 2021
10. 
    fanquake commented at 0:57 am on September 16, 2021: member

    I’m going to close this for now. Without more debugging information, there’s not really anything we can do here. This is almost certainly an issue with your local environment. Can reopen if we get more info.
11. fanquake closed this on Sep 16, 2021

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