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/share/terminfo.

--terminfo-dirs

reports the TERMINFO_DIRS supplemental search path for the terminfo database, for example /lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo.

--termpath

reports the TERMPATH supplemental search path for the termcap database, if support for termcap is configured.

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)