Annotation of src/usr.bin/pkg-config/pkg-config.1, Revision 1.15
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1.15 ! jasper 17: .Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2010 $
1.6 jmc 18: .Dt PKG-CONFIG 1
1.1 ckuethe 19: .Os
20: .Sh NAME
21: .Nm pkg-config
22: .Nd fetch metadata about installed software packages
23: .Sh SYNOPSIS
24: .Nm pkg-config
25: .Op Ar options
26: .Ar pkg-name Op Ar pkg-name ...
27: .Sh DESCRIPTION
28: The
29: .Nm
1.10 jmc 30: utility retrieves metadata about the installation of software packages.
1.1 ckuethe 31: This metadata includes version, compiler and linker flags, and dependency
32: information.
1.6 jmc 33: It is inspired by, and intended to operate as a drop-in replacement to,
34: the program of the same name available from freedesktop.org.
1.1 ckuethe 35: .Pp
36: Metadata is stored in files named after the package they describe; the
37: Yoyodyne package would likely be described by "yoyodyne.pc".
1.2 ckuethe 38: Not all software packages provide
39: .Nm
1.6 jmc 40: metadata.
1.15 ! jasper 41: Libraries from base install their metadata in
! 42: .Pa /usr/lib/pkgconfig ;
! 43: packages controlled by the
1.1 ckuethe 44: .Xr ports 7
1.2 ckuethe 45: system store their metadata, if provided, in
46: .Pa ${LOCALBASE}/lib/pkgconfig ;
47: the X Window System stores its metadata in
1.6 jmc 48: .Pa ${X11BASE}/lib/pkgconfig .
1.2 ckuethe 49: The
50: .Nm
51: utility will search these locations by default.
1.1 ckuethe 52: .Pp
1.2 ckuethe 53: Because
54: .Nm
55: attempts to output the full set of compiler or linker flags required to
56: use a package, it will also output the flags required for any prerequisite
57: packages.
1.6 jmc 58: If the "foo" package depends on the "bar" package, "pkg-config --cflags foo"
1.2 ckuethe 59: might output something like "-I/usr/local/include/foo
60: -I/usr/local/include/bar", even though the compiler flags for "bar" were not
61: explicitly requested.
1.1 ckuethe 62: .Pp
63: The options are as follows:
64: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.7 jmc 65: .It Cm --atleast-pkgconfig-version Ar version
1.4 ckuethe 66: Exit with error if the version of
1.1 ckuethe 67: .Nm
1.12 jmc 68: is not greater than or equal to the specified version.
1.7 jmc 69: .It Cm --atleast-version Ar version
70: Exit with error if the specified package's version is not greater than
71: or equal to the specified version.
72: .It Cm --cflags
1.1 ckuethe 73: Return all compiler flags required to compile against the package.
1.7 jmc 74: .It Cm --cflags-only-I
1.1 ckuethe 75: Return only the include path flags required to compile against the package.
1.7 jmc 76: .It Cm --cflags-only-other
1.1 ckuethe 77: Return all compiler flags, other than the include path flags, required to
78: compile against the package.
1.7 jmc 79: .It Cm --debug
80: Enable internal development and debugging messages.
81: .It Cm --errors-to-stdout
82: Direct error messages to stdout rather than stderr.
83: .It Cm --exists
84: Return true if all the specified packages are installed.
1.9 jmc 85: This is the default operation.
86: .It Cm --help \*(Ba --usage
1.7 jmc 87: Print a help message and exit.
88: .It Cm --libs
1.8 jmc 89: Return all linker flags required to link against the package.
1.12 jmc 90: .It Cm --libs-only-L
91: Return only the library path (-L/path/to/lib) flags required to link
92: against the package.
1.7 jmc 93: .It Cm --libs-only-l
1.1 ckuethe 94: Return only the library (-lwhatever) flags required to link against
95: the package.
1.7 jmc 96: .It Cm --libs-only-other
1.1 ckuethe 97: Return linker flags, other than the library and path flags, required to
98: compile against the package.
1.7 jmc 99: .It Cm --list-all
100: List all installed packages and exit.
101: .It Cm --modversion
1.3 ckuethe 102: Fetch package version.
103: If no package is given,
104: .Nm
105: returns its own version.
1.7 jmc 106: .It Cm --print-errors
107: Print error messages and exit with an error when errors occur.
1.9 jmc 108: This is the default operation.
1.7 jmc 109: .It Cm --silence-errors
110: Do not print error messages, just exit with an error.
111: .It Cm --static
112: Return the compiler and/or linker flags required for static linking.
113: .It Cm --uninstalled
114: Allow packages not controlled by
115: .Nm
116: to be used.
117: .It Cm --variable Ar name
1.1 ckuethe 118: Fetch the value of the named variable.
1.7 jmc 119: .It Cm --version
120: Print version of
121: .Nm
122: and exit.
1.1 ckuethe 123: .El
124: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
125: .Bl -tag -width PKG_CONFIG_PATH
126: .It Ev PKG_CONFIG_PATH
127: This can be used to specify a colon-separated list of paths to search for
128: package files.
129: If given, this list of paths is prepended to the standard search path.
130: .El
1.14 jmc 131: .Sh EXIT STATUS
132: .Ex -std pkg-config
1.1 ckuethe 133: .Sh SEE ALSO
134: .Xr pkg_info 1 ,
135: .Xr ports 7
136: .Sh HISTORY
137: The
138: .Nm
139: utility first appeared in
1.11 jmc 140: .Ox 4.1 .
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