gpg-error-config [--version] [--prefix=dir] [--cflags] [--libs] [--exec-prefix=dir]

The gpg-error-config tool is used to determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use the libgpg-error library.

The following options are supported:

--cflags Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a program using the specified library.

--exec-prefix=dir If specified, use dir instead of the exec installation prefix that the library was built with, when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. This option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options.

--libs Print the linker flags that are necessary to link with the specified library.

--prefix=dir If specified, use dir instead of the installation prefix that the library was built with, when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. This option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options. This option is also used for the exec prefix if the --exec-prefix option is not specified.

--version Print the currently installed version of the library on the standard output.

Example 1: Getting the libgpg-error library version

example% gpg-error-config --version

Example 2: Determining the libraries required to link with the libgpg-error library

example% gpg-error-config --libs

The following exit values are returned:

0 Application exited successfully

>0 Application exited with failure

The following files are used by this application:

/usr/bin/gpg-error-config Executable for libgpg-error helper script

gpg-error(1), libgpg-error(3), pkg-config(1), attributes(5)