Linux环境下编译VS Code遇x11/xkbfile依赖检测失败求助

I’ve run into this exact issue before when building VS Code across different Linux distros, so let’s walk through targeted fixes based on your operating system:

First, Verify the Problem Source #

First, confirm if pkg-config can actually locate the installed .pc files by running:

pkg-config --list-all | grep -E "(x11|xkbfile)"

If you get no output, the issue is definitely that your PKG_CONFIG_PATH isn’t pointing to the directory where these files live.

Fix for Ubuntu 18.04 #

On Ubuntu 18.04, the .pc files for libx11-dev and libxkbfile-dev are almost always in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/.

1. Temporarily set the path to test if it works:

   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
   

2. Try running yarn again in your VS Code repo. If it succeeds, make the change permanent by adding the export to your user’s shell config (better than modifying /etc/profile for system-wide changes):

   echo 'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
   source ~/.bashrc
   

Fix for CentOS 7/8 #

CentOS stores 64-bit .pc files in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ instead.

1. Temporarily apply the path:

   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
   

2. Test yarn again. If it works, save the setting permanently:

   echo 'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
   source ~/.bashrc
   

If the Above Doesn’t Work #

If pkg-config still can’t find the files, manually locate them first:

find /usr -name "x11.pc"
find /usr -name "xkbfile.pc"

Take the directory path from the results (e.g., /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ if you installed from source) and add it to PKG_CONFIG_PATH instead.

Also, avoid running yarn with sudo unless absolutely necessary—sudo doesn’t inherit your user’s environment variables by default. If you must use sudo, use sudo -E yarn to preserve your PKG_CONFIG_PATH setting.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者AGreenHand