<html> <head> <title>pcre2-config specification</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#00005A" link="#0066FF" alink="#3399FF" vlink="#2222BB"> <h1>pcre2-config man page</h1> <p> Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. </p> <p> This page is part of the PCRE2 HTML documentation. It was generated automatically from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the man page, in case the conversion went wrong. <br> <ul> <li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">SYNOPSIS</a> <li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">DESCRIPTION</a> <li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">OPTIONS</a> <li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">SEE ALSO</a> <li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">AUTHOR</a> <li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">REVISION</a> </ul> <br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <P> <b>pcre2-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version]</b> <b> [--libs8] [--libs16] [--libs32] [--libs-posix]</b> <b> [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]</b> </P> <br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <P> <b>pcre2-config</b> returns the configuration of the installed PCRE2 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 for libraries that have not been built. If an unavailable option is encountered, the "usage" information is output. </P> <br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">OPTIONS</a><br> <P> <b>--prefix</b> Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE2 installation for architecture independent files (<i>/usr</i> on many systems, <i>/usr/local</i> on some systems) to the standard output. </P> <P> <b>--exec-prefix</b> Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE2 installation for architecture dependent files (normally the same as <b>--prefix</b>) to the standard output. </P> <P> <b>--version</b> Writes the version number of the installed PCRE2 libraries to the standard output. </P> <P> <b>--libs8</b> Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with the 8-bit PCRE2 library (<b>-lpcre2-8</b> on many systems). </P> <P> <b>--libs16</b> Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with the 16-bit PCRE2 library (<b>-lpcre2-16</b> on many systems). </P> <P> <b>--libs32</b> Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with the 32-bit PCRE2 library (<b>-lpcre2-32</b> on many systems). </P> <P> <b>--libs-posix</b> Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with PCRE2's POSIX API wrapper library (<b>-lpcre2-posix</b> <b>-lpcre2-8</b> on many systems). </P> <P> <b>--cflags</b> Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile files that use PCRE2 (this may include some <b>-I</b> options, but is blank on many systems). </P> <P> <b>--cflags-posix</b> Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile files that use PCRE2's POSIX API wrapper library (this may include some <b>-I</b> options, but is blank on many systems). </P> <br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">SEE ALSO</a><br> <P> <b>pcre2(3)</b> </P> <br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br> <P> This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It has been subsequently revised as a generic PCRE2 man page. </P> <br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br> <P> Last updated: 28 September 2014 <br> <p> Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE2 index page</a>. </p>