[Bug 1364242] [NEW] Package dependency problem with scilab and pkg-config

[William Fulton]

Public bug reported:

There is a package dependency problem for Scilab and pkg-config.

$ sudo apt-get install scilab -qq

then

$ pkg-config scilab --cflags-only-I
Package libxml-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libxml-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'libxml-2.0', required by 'libscilab', not found

The libxml2-dev package contains the 'libxml-2.0.pc' file mentioned in the error message.
Installing the appropriate package fixes the problem:

$ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev -qq
$ pkg-config scilab --cflags-only-I
-I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/scilab  

More info about scilab:

$ apt-cache policy scilab
scilab:
  Installed: 5.5.0-2
  Candidate: 5.5.0-2
  Version table:
 *** 5.5.0-2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: pkg-config 0.26-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Sep  2 07:53:28 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-16 (16 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: pkg-config
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: pkg-config (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty

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Title:
  Package dependency problem with scilab and pkg-config

Status in “pkg-config” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  There is a package dependency problem for Scilab and pkg-config.

  $ sudo apt-get install scilab -qq

  then

  $ pkg-config scilab --cflags-only-I
  Package libxml-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
  Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libxml-2.0.pc'
  to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
  Package 'libxml-2.0', required by 'libscilab', not found

  The libxml2-dev package contains the 'libxml-2.0.pc' file mentioned in the error message.
  Installing the appropriate package fixes the problem:

  $ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev -qq
  $ pkg-config scilab --cflags-only-I
  -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/scilab  

  More info about scilab:

  $ apt-cache policy scilab
  scilab:
    Installed: 5.5.0-2
    Candidate: 5.5.0-2
    Version table:
   *** 5.5.0-2 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: pkg-config 0.26-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Sep  2 07:53:28 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-16 (16 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140722.2)
  SourcePackage: pkg-config
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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