cups-config1

Usage

Overview

The cups-config command allows application developers to determine the necessary command-line options for the compiler and linker, as well as the installation directories for filters, configuration files, and drivers. All values are reported to the standard output.

Options

The cups-config command accepts the following command-line options:

--api-version

Reports the current API version (major.minor).

--build

Reports a system-specific build number.

--cflags

Reports the necessary compiler options.

--datadir

Reports the default CUPS data directory.

--help

Reports the program usage message.

--ldflags

Reports the necessary linker options.

--libs

Reports the necessary libraries to link to.

--serverbin

Reports the default CUPS binary directory, where filters and backends are stored.

--serverroot

Reports the default CUPS configuration file directory.

--static

When used with --libs, reports the static libraries instead of the default (shared) libraries.

--version

Reports the full version number of the CUPS installation (major.minor.patch).

Examples

Show the currently installed version of CUPS:

    cups-config --version

Compile a simple one-file CUPS filter:

    cc `cups-config --cflags --ldflags` -o filter filter.c \
        `cups-config --libs`

Options

The following options are deprecated but continue to work for backwards compatibility:

--image

Formerly used to add the CUPS imaging library to the list of libraries.