PKG_CONFIG_PATH not working

[kilahchris]

I am trying to install LIBSRVG-2.50 however when i run ./configure the shell complains about the PKG_CONFIG_PATH. The Konsole shell says

"
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libgsf-1.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libgsf-1' found
configure: WARNING: SVGZ support disabled, as requested (Use --with-svgz to enab
le)
checking for libcroco >= 0.1.0... Package libcroco was not found in the pkg-conf
ig search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libcroco.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libcroco' found "

now when i saw this i typed in echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH and now the shell says
/opt/gnome/lib/pkgconfig


however a thorough search has shown that libcroco.pc exist in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig


so I now set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable by typing

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
and run echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/gnome/lib/pkgconfig

Assuming this is right I then run
make clean.
/configure

again and i still recieve the same errors

Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libcroco.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libcroco' found "

why is this happening when i set the environment to path of the file that is needed.???? what am i doing wrong??? Im running Suse 9.0

quote:Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libcroco.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libcroco' found "

[mAineAc]

try running ldconfig after changing that and it will add the directories to the search path.