Trying to use pkg-config but it not being a registered command
go, pkg-config, sdl, windows
Solution
From the error, it sounds like your attempt to add `C:\MinGW\bin` to the `%PATH%` variable was unsuccessful.
Make sure you're adding it to the System Environment Variables under `Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System`, Click on `Advanced System Settings`, `Advanced` tab, `Environment Variables...` button and edit the `Path` entry under `System variables` (Add `;C:\MinGW\bin` to the end of the existing value). Then restart your shell or IDE to apply the system settings.
If `pkg-config.exe` is in the `C:\MinGW\bin` folder it will be found in `%PATH%`.
Problem
Ok so I've got my whole Go development environment up under Windows 8, also with MinGW. I'm using the LiteIde. ``` C:/Go/bin/go.exe build [C:/Users/Alyx/Go/Hi] pkg-config --cflags sdl exec: "pkg-config": executable file not found in %PATH% Error: process exited with code 2. ``` But then I get an error for "pkg-config" which at first I didn't have installed. (I'm trying to compile the SDL binding with a test that lists the fullscreen modes) Then I got it all set up in the C:\MinGW\Bin folder (pkg-config.exe and the extra dll's). But then it still wouldn't work. Went into CMD typed in its name "not recognized as internal..." So then I figured I must need to put an environment variable into Windows. I tried %PATH% with the "C:\MinGW\bin" value. Nothing. Then I tried PKG_CONFIG_PATH. Nothing. So I'm not sure what Environment Variable I need, or if there is any sort of variable I can put into LiteIde. Other than that idk what else to do.