On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 18:32:06 +0000, PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel wrote: > > If you want to embed python in an application, you need to use python3-embed.pc > > Or python3-config --embed > > then it links the program with -lpython3.8 > > so what is the purpose of python3.pc ? You use python3.pc if you're building extensions that will be loaded by a Python interpreter, like python3-apt or python3-gi. smcv