. . . freetype-config - Get information about a libfreetype installation . . . freetype-config [ options ] . . . freetype-config returns information needed for compiling and linking programs with the FreeType library, such as linker flags and compilation parameters. . Alternatively, it can be used to query information about the FreeType library version installed on the system, such as the installation (directory path) prefix or the FreeType version number. .

If pkg-config (1) is found in the path, freetype-config acts as a wrapper for pkg-config . .

This program is part of the FreeType package. . .

. There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and path override options. . . . Only one of the output selection options should be given at each program invocation. .

--prefix Return the prefix value of the installed FreeType library (the default prefix will be `/usr' in most cases for distribution-installed packages). .

--exec-prefix Return the executable prefix value of the installed FreeType library (will often be the same as the prefix value). .

--ftversion Return the FreeType version number, directly derived from file `freetype.h'. .

--version Return the `libtool version' of the FreeType library. .

--libtool Return the library name for linking with libtool. .

--libs Return compiler flags for linking with the installed FreeType library. .

--cflags Return compiler flags for compiling against the installed FreeType library. .

--static Make command line options display flags for static linking. .

--help Show help and exit. . .

. These affect any selected output option, except the libtool version returned by --version . .

--prefix= PREFIX Override --prefix value with PREFIX . . This also sets --exec-prefix= PREFIX if option --exec-prefix is not explicitly given. .

--exec-prefix= EPREFIX Override --exec-prefix value with EPREFIX . . .

In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard directories, and pkg-config (1) is not available, the output from option --libs might be incomplete. . It is thus recommended to use the pkg-config (1) interface instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies. .

Setting --exec-prefix (either explicitly or implicitly) might return incorrect results if combined with option --static . . The same problem can occur if you set the SYSROOT environment variable. . .

. This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>, with further refinements from the FreeType team. . . eof