@matthewfeickert thanks for answering at such a hour! but this is just a leisure conversation, we can discuss this whenever :) 1. actually i still do not know the difference between sdist and wheels and so on (well, i know what they are, but the rules of of pip does, or building rules and so on are way above my python knowledge) so i can only tell you that i tried to do `pip install --user --upgrade xrootd` 2. actually seems to be present: ``` root@ALICE2:~# apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | grep pkg-config pkg-config/focal,now 0.29.1-0ubuntu4 amd64 [installed] ``` also, it seems that i have all the required dependencies used by the Dockerfile Thanks a lot! -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1668#issuecomment-1088495379 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: <[log in to unmask]> ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1