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It looks like you're on the right path.

My best guess is that something inside the build system for Geany is unsetting or overriding your PKG_CONFIG_PATH. It may also be worth invoking Geany from a terminal after you've sourced the ROS setup files, instead of launching it directly from the GUI.

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