ncurses5-config(1)

ncurses5-config1

Helper script for ncurses libraries

Part of ncurses6-config(1).

Usage

ncurses6-config [options]

Overview

This is a shell script which simplifies configuring applications against a particular set of ncurses libraries.

Options

--prefix

echos the package-prefix of ncurses

--exec-prefix

echos the executable-prefix of ncurses

--cflags

echos the C compiler flags needed to compile with ncurses

--libs

echos the libraries needed to link with ncurses

--version

echos the release+patchdate version of ncurses

--abi-version

echos the ABI version of ncurses

--mouse-version

echos the mouse-interface version of ncurses

--bindir

echos the directory containing ncurses programs

--datadir

echos the directory containing ncurses data

--includedir

echos the directory containing ncurses header files

--libdir

echos the directory containing ncurses libraries

--mandir

echos the directory containing ncurses manpages

--terminfo

echos the $TERMINFO terminfo database path, e.g.,

/etc/terminfo

--terminfo-dirs

echos the $TERMINFO_DIRS directory list, e.g.,

/etc/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo

--termpath

echos the $TERMPATH termcap list, if support for termcap is configured.

--help

prints this message

Releases

7 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12

From libncurses-dev 6.4-4 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.