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ncurses5-config(1) User commands ncurses5-config(1)

NAME

ncurses5-config - configuration helper for ncurses libraries

SYNOPSIS

ncurses5-config option ...

ncurses5-config --version

ncurses5-config --help

DESCRIPTION

This program development aid simplifies the process of configuring applications against a particular set of ncurses libraries.

OPTIONS

reports the package prefix of ncurses.
reports the executable prefix of ncurses.
reports the C compiler flags needed to compile with ncurses.
reports the libraries needed to link with ncurses.
reports the ABI version of ncurses.
reports the mouse-interface version of ncurses.
reports the directory containing ncurses programs.
reports the directory containing ncurses data.
reports the directory containing ncurses header files.
reports the directory containing ncurses libraries.
reports the directory containing ncurses man pages.
reports the TERMINFO terminfo database path, for example /usr/share/terminfo.
reports the TERMINFO_DIRS supplemental search path for the terminfo database, for example /etc/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo.
reports the TERMPATH supplemental search path for the termcap database, if support for termcap is configured.

The following options cause all others to be ignored.

issues a usage message and exits successfully.
issues the release and patch date information of ncurses and exits successfully.

SEE ALSO

ncurses(3NCURSES)

2024-05-11 ncurses 6.5