animal-config1

Usage

Overview

animal-config prints the compiler and linker flags required to compile and link programs that use the animal Application Programmer Interface.

Examples

To print the version of the installed distribution of animal, use:

  animal-config --version

To compile a program that calls the animal Application Programmer Interface, use:

  cc `animal-config --cflags --cppflags --ldflags --libs` program.c

Options

--cflags

Print the compiler flags that were used to compile libanimal.

--cppflags

Print the preprocessor flags that are needed to find the animal C include files and defines to ensure that the animal data structures match between your program and the installed libraries.

--exec-prefix

Print the directory under which target specific binaries and executables are installed.

--ldflags

Print the linker flags that are needed to link with the animal library.

--libs

Print the linker flags that are needed to link a program with libanimal.

--version

Print the version of the animal distribution to standard output.