GPGRT-CONFIG(1)

NAME
gpgrt-config - Helper script to get information about the installed version of gpg libraries

SYNOPSIS
gpgrt-config [options] [ module ]

DESCRIPTION
gpgrt-config is a script tool that is used by the autoconf macros shipped with gnupg software (e.g. AM_PATH_GPG_ERROR and AM_PATH_GPGME) to determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use the specific library (e.g. libgpg-error or libgpgme). gpgrt-config uses pkg-config .pc files as data source. Apart from options gpgrt-config accepts a single argument module specifying the basename (without the ".pc"-suffix) of the pkg-config file to be used as input. module will default to gpg-error if it is not specified.

OPTIONS
gpgrt-config accepts the following options:

--libdir=LIBDIR
    Parent directory path of pkgconfig file search path. e.g. ‘gpgrt-config --libdir=/usr/lib --exists gpgme’ will parse ‘/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gpgme.pc’.

--exists
    Test whether the pkg-config file ‘module.pc’ exist and exits with success or error accordingly.

--modversion
    Print the currently installed version of module on the standard output.

--libs
    Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a program using the module.

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

--static
    Modifies output if linking statically instead of dynamically.

--variable=VARNAME
    Output variable VARNAME from the module's pkg-config file.

BUGS
gpgrt-config is tried to be compatible to pkg-config, and to support cross build well, but it is not intended to be a replacement.