add instructions to extend the pkg-config search path to the "Embedding the Nix Evaluator" c api example
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roberth
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| You might need to add the directory containing `nix-expr-c.pc` to the | ||
| `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable. For example after [building | ||
| Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md#building-nix-with-flakes) | ||
| by executing the following. | ||
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| ```ShellSession | ||
| $ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(realpath outputs/out/lib/pkgconfig):$PKG_CONFIG_PATH | ||
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I think ideally we'd use nix develop --redirect to hook into the things Nixpkgs setup.sh does, but to be fair, so far I've preferred the robustness of just doing a full build on a fast machine.
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pkg-config search path to the "Embedding the Nix Evaluator" c api example
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Motivation
the Embedding the Nix Evaluator example fails to build after building
Nix because
nix-expr-ccannot be found in thepkg-configsearch path yet.This work is sponsored by Antithesis ✨
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