| .TH FREETYPE-CONFIG 1 "December 2021" "FreeType 2.11.1" |
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| .SH NAME |
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| freetype-config \- Get information about a libfreetype installation |
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| .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| .B freetype-config |
| .RI [ options ] |
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| .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| .B freetype-config |
| returns information needed for compiling and linking programs with the |
| FreeType library, such as linker flags and compilation parameters. |
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| Alternatively, it can be used to query information about the |
| FreeType library version installed on the system, such as the |
| installation (directory path) prefix or the FreeType version number. |
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| .PP |
| If |
| .BR pkg-config (1) |
| is found in the path, |
| .B freetype-config |
| acts as a wrapper for |
| .BR pkg-config . |
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| .PP |
| This program is part of the FreeType package. |
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| .SH OPTIONS |
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| There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and |
| path override options. |
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| .SS Output selection options |
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| Only one of the output selection options should be given at each program |
| invocation. |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-prefix |
| Return the prefix value of the installed FreeType library (the default |
| prefix will be `/usr' in most cases for distribution-installed |
| packages). |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-exec-prefix |
| Return the executable prefix value of the installed FreeType library |
| (will often be the same as the prefix value). |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-ftversion |
| Return the FreeType version number, directly derived from file |
| `freetype.h'. |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-version |
| Return the `libtool version' of the FreeType library. |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-libtool |
| Return the library name for linking with libtool. |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-libs |
| Return compiler flags for linking with the installed FreeType library. |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-cflags |
| Return compiler flags for compiling against the installed FreeType library. |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-static |
| Make command line options display flags for static linking. |
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| .TP |
| .B \-\-help |
| Show help and exit. |
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| .SS Path override options |
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| These affect any selected output option, except the libtool version |
| returned by |
| .BR \-\-version . |
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| .TP |
| .BI \-\-prefix= PREFIX |
| Override |
| .B \-\-prefix |
| value with |
| .IR PREFIX . |
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| This also sets |
| .BI \-\-exec-prefix= PREFIX |
| if option |
| .B \-\-exec-prefix |
| is not explicitly given. |
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| .TP |
| .BI \-\-exec-prefix= EPREFIX |
| Override |
| .B \-\-exec-prefix |
| value with |
| .IR EPREFIX . |
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| .SH BUGS |
| In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard |
| directories, and |
| .BR pkg-config (1) |
| is not available, the output from option |
| .B \-\-libs |
| might be incomplete. |
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| It is thus recommended to use the |
| .BR pkg-config (1) |
| interface instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies. |
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| .PP |
| Setting |
| .B \-\-exec-prefix |
| (either explicitly or implicitly) might return incorrect results if |
| combined with option |
| .BR \-\-static . |
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| The same problem can occur if you set the |
| .B SYSROOT |
| environment variable. |
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| .SH AUTHOR |
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| This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>, |
| with further refinements from the FreeType team. |
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| .\" eof |
