This document is for a "1.X" legacy Conan version, which is no longer recommended. Please update to Conan 2, click here to read the Conan 2 documentation
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If you are using configure/make you can use AutoToolsBuildEnvironment helper.
This helper sets LIBS, LDFLAGS, CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS and CPPFLAGS environment variables based on your requirements.
Check Building with Autotools for more info.