ncurses5-config(1)

NAME
ncurses5-config - configuration helper for ncurses libraries

SYNOPSIS
ncurses5-config option ...

ncurses5-config --version

ncurses5-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 /etc/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)