From 2a0e37ec9a57bcd3958406c41c775cd90d3904eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aditya Jha <aditya01jha.02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:25:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added pkg-config support

---
 sparta/CMakeLists.txt     | 13 +++++++++++++
 sparta/cmake/sparta.pc.in | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sparta/cmake/sparta.pc.in

diff --git a/sparta/CMakeLists.txt b/sparta/CMakeLists.txt
index 59399b1c19..883f0841b5 100644
--- a/sparta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sparta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,19 @@ endif ()
 string (STRIP ${GIT_REPO_VERSION} GIT_REPO_VERSION)
 message (STATUS "Sparta Version: ${GIT_REPO_VERSION}")
 
+#pkg-config support
+configure_file(
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sparta.pc.in
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sparta.pc
+  @ONLY
+)
+
+install(
+  FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sparta.pc
+  DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig
+)
+
+
 # Use ccache if we've got it.
 find_program (CCACHE_PROGRAM ccache)
 if (CCACHE_PROGRAM)
diff --git a/sparta/cmake/sparta.pc.in b/sparta/cmake/sparta.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e21f67017d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sparta/cmake/sparta.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: sparta
+Description: High-performance C++ modeling framework
+Version: @GIT_REPO_VERSION@
+Requires: yaml-cpp sqlite3 hdf5
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lsparta -lboost_program_options -lboost_filesystem -lboost_system -lboost_timer -lboost_serialization -lz
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -std=c++17