Currently (v1.5.0+) if a system does not have the pkg-config
utility installed, the user will see an error message like this:
Could not configure the build properly (pkg_config). Please install either the pkg-config
utility or the pkg-config
rubygem.
Unfortunately, the extconf.rb does not actually use the pkg-config gem if it's present. We should either add that support to the extconf.rb file or remove mention of the gem from the error message.