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 /etc/terminfo.

       --terminfo-dirs   reports the TERMINFO_DIRS supplemental search  path  for  the  terminfo  database,  for
                         example /etc/terminfo:/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

       ncurses(3NCURSES)

ncurses 6.4                                        2023-12-23                                 ncurses6-config(1)