check for cairo version >= 1.2.6 fails in configure

[novaTehnika]

check for cairo version >= 1.2.6 fails for Rocky Linux 9 despite having Cairo 1.7.2

OS: Rocky Linux 9.2
Release: pdf2svg-0.2.3

Using:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local

results in output:

...
checking for CAIRO... no
configure: error: Package requirements (cairo >= 1.2.6) were not met:
...

However...

Using:

pkg-config --version cairo.x86_64

results in output:

1.7.3

[Myfootnotsmelly]

same problem.
after yum install cairo, cairo 1.15.12 has been installed. However , it reports the same error as the aboving...

[mackensen]

Make sure you have the cairo development libraries installed (e.g. cairo-devel).