FREETYPE-CONFIG(1) FreeType 2.10.4 FREETYPE-CONFIG(1)
October 2020
NAME
freetype-config - Get information about a libfreetype installation
SYNOPSIS
freetype-config [options]
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and
path override options.
Output selection 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.
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--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.
Path override options
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.
BUGS
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.
AUTHOR
This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen
<nis.martensen@web.de>, with further refinements from the FreeType
team.
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