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ncurses6-config

Section: User commands (1)
Updated: 202-0-11
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NAME

ncurses-config - configuration helper for ncurses libraries

ncurses-config option ...

ncurses-config --version

ncurses-config --help

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

--prefix: reports the package prefix of ncurses.
--exec-prefix: reports the executable prefix of ncurses.
--cflags: reports the C compiler flags needed to compile with ncurses.
--libs: reports the libraries needed to link with ncurses.
--abi-version: reports the ABI version of ncurses.
--mouse-version: reports the mouse-interface version of ncurses.
--bindir: reports the directory containing ncurses programs.
--datadir: reports the directory containing ncurses data.
--includedir: reports the directory containing ncurses header files.
--libdir: reports the directory containing ncurses libraries.
--mandir: reports the directory containing ncurses man pages.
--terminfo: reports the TERMINFO terminfo database path, for example /usr/share/terminfo.
--terminfo-dirs: reports the TERMINFO_DIRS supplemental search path for the terminfo database, for example /etc/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo.
--termpath: 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.

--help: issues a usage message and exits successfully.
--version: issues the release and patch date information of ncurses and exits successfully.