PCRE2-CONFIG(1)             General Commands Manual            PCRE2-CONFIG(1)


NAME
       pcre2-config - program to return PCRE2 configuration


SYNOPSIS

       pcre2-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version]
                    [--libs8] [--libs16] [--libs32] [--libs-posix]
                    [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]


DESCRIPTION

       pcre2-config returns the configuration of the installed PCRE2 libraries
       and  the options required to compile a program to use them. Some of the
       options apply only to the 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit  libraries,  respec-
       tively,  and  are not available for libraries that have not been built.
       If an unavailable option is encountered,  the  "usage"  information  is
       output.


OPTIONS

       --prefix  Writes  the  directory  prefix used in the PCRE2 installation
                 for architecture-independent files  (/usr  on  many  systems,
                 /usr/local on some systems) to the standard output.

       --exec-prefix
                 Writes  the  directory  prefix used in the PCRE2 installation
                 for architecture-dependent files (normally the same as --pre-
                 fix) to the standard output.

       --version Writes the version number of the installed PCRE2 libraries to
                 the standard output.

       --libs8   Writes to the standard output the command  line  options  re-
                 quired  to  link  with  the 8-bit PCRE2 library (-lpcre2-8 on
                 many systems).

       --libs16  Writes to the standard output the command  line  options  re-
                 quired  to  link with the 16-bit PCRE2 library (-lpcre2-16 on
                 many systems).

       --libs32  Writes to the standard output the command  line  options  re-
                 quired  to  link with the 32-bit PCRE2 library (-lpcre2-32 on
                 many systems).

       --libs-posix
                 Writes to the standard output the command  line  options  re-
                 quired  to  link  with  PCRE2's  POSIX  API  wrapper  library
                 (-lpcre2-posix -lpcre2-8 on many systems).

       --cflags  Writes to the standard output the command  line  options  re-
                 quired to compile files that use PCRE2 (this may include some
                 -I options, but is blank on many systems).

       --cflags-posix
                 Writes  to  the  standard output the command line options re-
                 quired to compile files that use PCRE2's  POSIX  API  wrapper
                 library  (this  may  include some -I options, but is blank on
                 many systems).


SEE ALSO

       pcre2(3)


AUTHOR

       This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux  system.  It has been subsequently revised as a generic PCRE2
       man page.


REVISION

       Last updated: 22 February 2025


PCRE2 10.48                    22 February 2025                PCRE2-CONFIG(1)
