u-config1
Smaller, simpler, portable pkg-config clone
Usage
u-config [options]
package
[package ...]
Overview
u-config is a small, highly portable pkg-config and pkgconf clone. It retrieves compiler and linker flags, version, and other dependency information of software packages.
Package metadata is retrieved from “.pc” text files, located in a system-specific path. You can override the default search path with environment variables like PKG_CONFIG_PATH. See ENVIRONMENT for more information.
This manual page describes the u-config utility in particular. For general information about pkg-config concepts and its file format, refer to manual pages provided by other projects, like pkgconf(1) and pc(5).
u-config supports a subset of the options of other pkg-config implementations. For a list of supported options, use the --help option. Some of them are unique to u-config:
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--newlines -
Separate arguments by line feeds instead of spaces, which is sometimes useful like in the fish shell or when manually examining output.
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--msvc-syntax -
Translates and prints compiler arguments into a syntax compatible with the MSVC compiler. For example,
-llibname becomeslibname.lib.
Environment
u-config supports all the important pkg-config run-time environment variables. To see which are supported, use the --help option.
Examples
$ u-config --cflags --libs foo -I/usr/include/foo -DFOO_HAS_BAR=1 -lfoo