pcre-config - program to return PCRE configuration
pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs]
[--libs16] [--libs32] [--libs-cpp] [--libs-posix]
[--cflags] [--cflags-posix]
pcre-config returns the configuration of the installed PCRE
libraries and the options required to compile a program to use them. Some of
the options apply only to the 8-bit, or 16-bit, or 32-bit libraries,
respectively, and are not available if only one of those libraries has been
built. If an unavailable option is encountered, the "usage"
information is output.
- --prefix
- Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for architecture
independent files (/usr on many systems, /usr/local on some
systems) to the standard output.
- --exec-prefix
- Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for architecture
dependent files (normally the same as --prefix) to the standard
output.
- --version
- Writes the version number of the installed PCRE libraries to the standard
output.
- --libs
- Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 8-bit PCRE library (-lpcre on many systems).
- --libs16
- Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 16-bit PCRE library (-lpcre16 on many systems).
- --libs32
- Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 32-bit PCRE library (-lpcre32 on many systems).
- --libs-cpp
- Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with PCRE's C++ wrapper library (-lpcrecpp -lpcre on many
systems).
- --libs-posix
- Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with PCRE's POSIX API wrapper library (-lpcreposix -lpcre on
many systems).
- --cflags
- Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile
files that use PCRE (this may include some -I options, but is blank
on many systems).
- --cflags-posix
- Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile
files that use PCRE's POSIX API wrapper library (this may include some
-I options, but is blank on many systems).
This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker for the
Debian GNU/Linux system. It has been subsequently revised as a generic PCRE
man page.
Last updated: 24 June 2012