ncurses6-config(1) ncurses 6.5 ncurses6-config(1)
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NAME
ncurses6-config - configuration helper for ncurses libraries
SYNOPSIS
ncurses6-config option ...
ncurses6-config --version
ncurses6-config --help
DESCRIPTION
This program development aid simplifies the process of configuring
applications against a particular set of ncurses libraries.
OPTIONS
--prefix reports the package prefix of ncurses.
--exec-prefix reports the executable prefix of ncurses.
--cflags reports the C compiler flags needed to compile with
ncurses.
--libs reports the libraries needed to link with ncurses.
--abi-version reports the ABI version of ncurses.
--mouse-version reports the mouse-interface version of ncurses.
--bindir reports the directory containing ncurses programs.
--datadir reports the directory containing ncurses data.
--includedir reports the directory containing ncurses header
files.
--libdir reports the directory containing ncurses libraries.
--mandir reports the directory containing ncurses man pages.
--terminfo reports the TERMINFO terminfo database path, for
example /usr/local/share/terminfo.
--terminfo-dirs reports the TERMINFO_DIRS supplemental search path
for the terminfo database, for example
/usr/local/share/terminfo.
--termpath reports the TERMPATH supplemental search path for
the termcap database, if support for termcap is
configured.
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ncurses6-config(1) ncurses 6.5 ncurses6-config(1)
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The following options cause all others to be ignored.
--help issues a usage message and exits successfully.
--version issues the release and patch date information of ncurses
and exits successfully.
SEE ALSO
curses(3X)
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