xmedcon cannot be install due to pkg-config problem

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Dear all,

I tried to install Xmedcon on a newly updated Mac OS Snow Leopard. I therefore first completely removed macports (2.5 in the macports guide) and then re-installed it before trying to install xmedcon. Dependencies installed fine: The following ports are currently installed:

gcc44 @4.4.5_0 (active) gmp @5.0.1_0 (active) gperf @3.0.4_0 (active) libiconv @1.13.1_0 (active) libpng @1.4.5_0 (active) mpfr @3.0.0-p8_0 (active) zlib @1.2.5_0 (active)

But when it comes to xmedcon I get an error message Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details) Log for xmedcon is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_science_xmedcon/main.log Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

(see also the last 20 lines of the log file below or the attached log-file).

Any help would be welcome (and, please, explain patiently: I am not very at ease with Linux, though not afraid of the command line ;-)

Thanks in advance, Christian.

ps: in fact, I only need medcon, but it seems to be unavailable nowadays without the GUI in xmedcon?

:info:configure checking for XMEDCON_GLIB... configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old. Make sure it :info:configure is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full :info:configure path to pkg-config. :info:configure :info:configure Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XMEDCON_GLIB_CFLAGS :info:configure and XMEDCON_GLIB_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. :info:configure See the pkg-config man page for more details. :info:configure :info:configure To get pkg-config, see <​http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>. :info:configure See `config.log' for more details. :info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_science_xmedcon/work/xmedcon-0.10.4" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-gui --with-png-prefix=/opt/local " returned error 1 :error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details) :debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)

while executing

"$procedure $targetname" :info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for xmedcon): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install :notice:configure Log for xmedcon is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_science_xmedcon/main.log

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Log for xmedcon is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_science_xmedcon/main.log