pkgconf(1) a system for configuring build dependency information

SYNOPSIS

[options ] [list of modules ]

DESCRIPTION

is a program which helps to configure compiler and linker flags for development frameworks. This allows build systems to detect other dependencies and use them with the system toolchain.

GENERAL OPTIONS

--version
Display the supported pkg-config version and exit.
--atleast-pkgconfig-version = VERSION
Exit with error if we do not support the requested pkg-config version.
--errors-to-stdout
Print all errors on the main output stream instead of the error output stream.
--silence-errors
Do not display any errors at all.
--list-all
Walk all directories listed in the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environmental variable and display information on packages which have registered information there.
--simulate
Simulates resolving a dependency graph based on the requested modules on the command line. Dumps a series of trees denoting pkgconf's resolver state.
--no-cache
Skip caching packages when they are loaded into the internal resolver. This may result in an alternate dependency graph being computed.
--ignore-conflicts
Ignore `Conflicts' rules in modules.
--env-only
Learn about pkgconf's configuration strictly from environmental variables.
--maximum-traverse-depth = DEPTH
Impose a limit on the allowed depth in the dependency graph. For example, a depth of 2 will restrict the resolver from acting on child dependencies of modules added to the resolver's solution.
--static
Compute a deeper dependency graph and use compiler/linker flags intended for static linking.

MODULE-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

--atleast-version = VERSION
Exit with error if a module's version is less than the specified version.
--exact-version = VERSION
Exit with error if a module's version is not exactly the specified version.
--max-version = VERSION
Exit with error if a module's version is greater than the specified version.
--exists
Exit with a non-zero result if the dependency resolver was able to find all of the requested modules.
--uninstalled
Exit with a non-zero result if the dependency resolver uses an `uninstalled' module as part of it's solution.
--no-uninstalled
Forbids the dependency resolver from considering 'uninstalled' modules as part of a solution.

QUERY-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

--cflags , --cflags-only-I , --cflags-only-other
Display either all CFLAGS, only -I CFLAGS or only CFLAGS that are not -I
--libs , --libs-only-L , --libs-only-l , --libs-only-other
Display either all linker flags, only -L linker flags, only -l linker flags or only linker flags that are not -L or -l
--keep-system-cflags , --keep-system-libs
Keep CFLAGS or linker flag fragments that would be filtered due to being included by default in the compiler.
--define-variable = VARNAME = VALUE
Define VARNAME as VALUE Variables are used in query output, and some modules' results may change based on the presence of a variable definition.
--print-variables
Print all seen variables for a module to the output channel.
--variable = VARNAME
Print the value of VARNAME
--print-requires , --print-requires-private
Print the modules included in either the Requires field or the Requires.private field.
--digraph
Dump the dependency resolver's solution as a graphviz `dot' file. This can be used with graphviz to visualize module interdependencies.

ENVIRONMENT

PKG_CONFIG_PATH
List of directories where `.pc' files are looked up.
PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
`sysroot' directory, will be prepended to every path defined in PKG_CONFIG_PATH Useful for cross compilation.

EXAMPLES

Displaying the CFLAGS of a package:
$ pkgconf --cflags foo
-fPIC -I/usr/include/foo