package lcms2 was not found in the pkg-config search path

[jgw0]

Quote: I am running with ubuntu 18.04.3

I was trying to make beautify which is a plugin for gimp 2.10.16 I got the error: package lcms2 was not found in the pkg-config search path

I then did a search of lcms2 and got:

Code:

greg@gregdown:~$ locate lcms2
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/97/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/97/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2.0.6
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/97/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/97/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/changelog.Debian.gz
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/97/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/copyright
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/98/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/98/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2.0.6
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/98/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/98/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/changelog.Debian.gz
/snap/gnome-3-26-1604/98/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/copyright
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/110/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/110/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2.0.8
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/110/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/110/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/changelog.Debian.gz
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/110/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/copyright
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/91/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/91/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2.0.8
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/91/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/91/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/changelog.Debian.gz
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/91/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/copyright
/snap/guvcview/81/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
/snap/guvcview/81/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2.0.8
/snap/guvcview/81/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2
/snap/guvcview/81/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/changelog.Debian.gz
/snap/guvcview/81/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/copyright
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2.0.8
/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2
/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-utils
/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-2/copyright
/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-utils/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/liblcms2-utils/copyright
/var/lib/dpkg/info/liblcms2-2:amd64.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/liblcms2-2:amd64.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/liblcms2-2:amd64.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/liblcms2-2:amd64.symbols
/var/lib/dpkg/info/liblcms2-2:amd64.triggers
/var/lib/dpkg/info/liblcms2-utils.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/liblcms2-utils.md5sums

I found something called "liblcms2.so.2" which may be what I need or do I have to install lcms2?  If what I have is what I need then am I going to have to add something to pkg-config search path?  I, obviously, am clueless so but figured I had better get some advise instead of charging ahead.

Thank you........................