NAME

       pcap-config - write libpcap compiler and linker flags to standard output

SYNOPSIS

       pcap-config [ --help ] [ --version ] [ --cflags ]
                   [ --libs | --additional-libs ]
                   [ --static | --static-pcap-only ]

DESCRIPTION

       pcap-config  writes  to  the  standard  output various compiler and linker flags required to build a user
       program with libpcap.  By default, it writes flags appropriate for  building  with  a  dynamically-linked
       version  of libpcap; see below for static linking.  Depending on the manner of libpcap installation, some
       options or their combinations may produce empty output - this is by design.

OPTIONS

       --help Produce a help message and exit.

       --version
              Produce libpcap version and exit.  The version is the contents of VERSION file in  libpcap  source
              tree rather than the result of pcap_lib_version(3PCAP).

       --cflags
              Produce the -I compiler flag required to include libpcap's header files.

       --libs Produce the -L and -l linker flags required to link with libpcap, including -l flags for libraries
              required by libpcap.

       --additional-libs
              Produce  the -L and -l linker flags for libraries required by libpcap, but not the -l flag to link
              with libpcap itself.

       --static
              This option causes --libs and --additional-libs to produce linker  flags  appropriate  for  static
              linking with libpcap.

       --static-pcap-only
              This  option  causes  --libs  and --additional-libs to produce linker flags appropriate for static
              linking with libpcap and dynamic linking with all other libraries, including libraries required by
              libpcap.

EXIT STATUS

       pcap-config exits with a non-zero status when invoked with  an  invalid  command-line  option,  and  with
       status 0 otherwise.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY

       Before  libpcap  release  1.10.2  pcap-config did not treat invalid command-line options as an error. The
       --static-pcap-only flag became available in libpcap release 1.10.2.  The --static flag  became  available
       in libpcap release 1.1.0.

SEE ALSO

       pkg-config(1), pcap(3PCAP)

                                                  17 April 2023                                   PCAP-CONFIG(1)