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<para>Prepare Check for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">PKG_CONFIG= ./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure parameter:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>PKG_CONFIG=</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This tells the configure script to ignore any
+ pkg-config options that may cause the system to try to link
+ with libraries not in the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>
+ directory.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
<para>Build the package:</para>