PCRE2-CONFIG(1)                      PCRE2                     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,
       respectively, 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 --prefix) 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 required to link with the 8-bit PCRE2
                          library (-lpcre2-8 on many systems).
           --libs16       Writes to the standard output the command line
                          options required to link with the 16-bit PCRE2
                          library (-lpcre2-16 on many systems).
           --libs32       Writes to the standard output the command line
                          options required to link with the 32-bit PCRE2
                          library (-lpcre2-32 on many systems).
           --libs-posix   Writes to the standard output the command line
                          options required 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 required 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 required 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 10.49-DEV                22 February 2025                PCRE2-CONFIG(1)
