---
title: "systemLibrary(name:path:pkgConfig:providers:)"
framework: packagedescription
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: "packagedescription/target/systemlibrary(name:path:pkgconfig:providers:)"
---

# systemLibrary(name:path:pkgConfig:providers:)

Creates a system library target.

## Declaration

```swift
static func systemLibrary(name: String, path: String? = nil, pkgConfig: String? = nil, providers: [SystemPackageProvider]? = nil) -> Target
```

## Parameters

- `name`: The name of the target.
- `path`: The custom path for the target. By default, a targets sources are expected to be located in the predefined search paths, such as [PackageRoot]/Sources/[TargetName]. Do not escape the package root; that is, values like ../Foo or /Foo are invalid.
- `pkgConfig`: The name of the pkg-config file for this system library.
- `providers`: The providers for this system library.

## Discussion

Discussion Use system library targets to adapt a library installed on the system to work with Swift packages. Such libraries are generally installed by system package managers (such as Homebrew and apt-get) and exposed to Swift packages by providing a modulemap file along with other metadata such as the library’s pkgConfig name.

## See Also

### Creating a System Library Target

- [pkgConfig](packagedescription/target/pkgconfig.md)
- [providers](packagedescription/target/providers.md)