FREETYPE-CONFIG(1) General Commands Manual FREETYPE-CONFIG(1)
NAME
freetype-config - Get information about a libfreetype installation
SYNOPSIS
freetype-config [options]
DESCRIPTION
freetype-config returns information needed for compiling and linking programs with the FreeType library, such as
linker flags and compilation parameters. Alternatively, it can be used to query information about the FreeType
library version installed on the system, such as the installation (directory path) prefix or the FreeType version
number.
If pkg-config(1) is found in the path, freetype-config acts as a wrapper for pkg-config.
This program is part of the FreeType package.
OPTIONS
There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and path override options.
Output selection options
Only one of the output selection options should be given at each program invocation.
--prefix
Return the prefix value of the installed FreeType library (the default prefix will be ‘/usr' in most cases
for distribution-installed packages).
--exec-prefix
Return the executable prefix value of the installed FreeType library (will often be the same as the prefix
value).
--ftversion
Return the FreeType version number, directly derived from file ‘freetype.h'.
--version
Return the ‘libtool version' of the FreeType library.
--libtool
Return the library name for linking with libtool.
--libs Return compiler flags for linking with the installed FreeType library.
--cflags
Return compiler flags for compiling against the installed FreeType library.
--static
Make command line options display flags for static linking.
--help Show help and exit.
Path override options
These affect any selected output option, except the libtool version returned by --version.
--prefix=PREFIX
Override --prefix value with PREFIX. This also sets --exec-prefix=PREFIX if option --exec-prefix is not
explicitly given.
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX
Override --exec-prefix value with EPREFIX.
BUGS
In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard directories, and pkg-config(1) is not avail‐
able, the output from option --libs might be incomplete. It is thus recommended to use the pkg-config(1) inter‐
face instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies.
Setting --exec-prefix (either explicitly or implicitly) might return incorrect results if combined with option
--static. The same problem can occur if you set the SYSROOT environment variable.
AUTHOR
This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>, with further refinements from the
FreeType team.
FreeType 2.13.2 August 2023 FREETYPE-CONFIG(1)
NAME
freetype-config - Get information about a libfreetype installation
SYNOPSIS
freetype-config [options]
DESCRIPTION
freetype-config returns information needed for compiling and linking programs with the FreeType library, such as
linker flags and compilation parameters. Alternatively, it can be used to query information about the FreeType
library version installed on the system, such as the installation (directory path) prefix or the FreeType version
number.
If pkg-config(1) is found in the path, freetype-config acts as a wrapper for pkg-config.
This program is part of the FreeType package.
OPTIONS
There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and path override options.
Output selection options
Only one of the output selection options should be given at each program invocation.
--prefix
Return the prefix value of the installed FreeType library (the default prefix will be ‘/usr' in most cases
for distribution-installed packages).
--exec-prefix
Return the executable prefix value of the installed FreeType library (will often be the same as the prefix
value).
--ftversion
Return the FreeType version number, directly derived from file ‘freetype.h'.
--version
Return the ‘libtool version' of the FreeType library.
--libtool
Return the library name for linking with libtool.
--libs Return compiler flags for linking with the installed FreeType library.
--cflags
Return compiler flags for compiling against the installed FreeType library.
--static
Make command line options display flags for static linking.
--help Show help and exit.
Path override options
These affect any selected output option, except the libtool version returned by --version.
--prefix=PREFIX
Override --prefix value with PREFIX. This also sets --exec-prefix=PREFIX if option --exec-prefix is not
explicitly given.
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX
Override --exec-prefix value with EPREFIX.
BUGS
In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard directories, and pkg-config(1) is not avail‐
able, the output from option --libs might be incomplete. It is thus recommended to use the pkg-config(1) inter‐
face instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies.
Setting --exec-prefix (either explicitly or implicitly) might return incorrect results if combined with option
--static. The same problem can occur if you set the SYSROOT environment variable.
AUTHOR
This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>, with further refinements from the
FreeType team.
FreeType 2.13.2 August 2023 FREETYPE-CONFIG(1)