New comment by stuart-little on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/5602#issuecomment-573469436 Comment: Is it `libsynctex.pc` or just plain `synctex.pc`? It's the latter for me.. Does `meson` find it if you make it readable by everyone? **Edit:** Oh, and about this: > Are these permission issues specific to my setup? All of my `/usr/lib/*.pc` files have `644` permissions, so are universally readable. I've also checked that if I remove the read bit from `/usr/lib/pkgconfig/synctex.pc` then `meson` no longer finds it.