Section 1 · User commands

ncursesw6-config.1

Package: ncurses-devel

ncursesw6-config

ncursesw6-config − configuration helper for ncurses libraries

ncursesw6-config option …

ncursesw6-config −−version

ncursesw6-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.