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 # pkgconf [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/pkgconf/pkgconf.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/pkgconf/pkgconf) [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/pkgconf/badge/?version=latest)](http://pkgconf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 
 `pkgconf` is a program which helps to configure compiler and linker flags for
-development frameworks.  It is similar to pkg-config from freedesktop.org.
+development libraries.  It is similar to pkg-config from freedesktop.org.
 
 `libpkgconf` is a library which provides access to most of `pkgconf`'s functionality, to allow
-other tooling such as compilers and IDEs to discover and use frameworks configured by
+other tooling such as compilers and IDEs to discover and use libraries configured by
 pkgconf.
 
 ## using `pkgconf` with autotools
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 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 is a program which helps to configure compiler and linker flags for
-development frameworks. This allows build systems to detect other dependencies
+development libraries. This allows build systems to detect other dependencies
 and use them with the system toolchain.
 .Sh GENERAL OPTIONS
 .Bl -tag -width indent