michael@0: .TH FREETYPE-CONFIG 1 "March 2014" "FreeType 2.5.3"
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michael@0: .SH NAME
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michael@0: freetype-config \- Get information about a libfreetype installation
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michael@0: .SH SYNOPSIS
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michael@0: .B freetype-config
michael@0: .RI [ options ]
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michael@0: .SH DESCRIPTION
michael@0: .
michael@0: .B freetype-config
michael@0: returns information needed for compiling and linking programs with the
michael@0: FreeType library, such as linker flags and compilation parameters.
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michael@0: Alternatively, it can be used to query information about the
michael@0: FreeType library version installed on the system, such as the
michael@0: installation (directory path) prefix or the FreeType version number.
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michael@0: .PP
michael@0: This program is part of the FreeType package.
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michael@0: .SH OPTIONS
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michael@0: There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and
michael@0: path override options.
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michael@0: .SS Output selection options
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michael@0: Only one of the output selection options should be given at each program
michael@0: invocation.
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-prefix
michael@0: Return the prefix value of the installed FreeType library (the default
michael@0: prefix will be `/usr' in most cases for distribution-installed
michael@0: packages).
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-exec-prefix
michael@0: Return the executable prefix value of the installed FreeType library
michael@0: (will often be the same as the prefix value).
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-ftversion
michael@0: Return the FreeType version number.
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-version
michael@0: Return the `libtool version' of the FreeType library.
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-libtool
michael@0: Return the library name for linking with libtool.
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-libs
michael@0: Return compiler flags for linking with the installed FreeType library.
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-cflags
michael@0: Return compiler flags for compiling against the installed FreeType library.
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .B \-\-static
michael@0: Make command line options display flags for static linking.
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michael@0: .SS Path override options
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michael@0: These affect any selected output option, except the libtool version
michael@0: returned by `--version'.
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .BI \-\-prefix= PREFIX
michael@0: Override `--prefix' value with
michael@0: .IR PREFIX .
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michael@0: .TP
michael@0: .BI \-\-exec-prefix= EPREFIX
michael@0: Override `--exec-prefix' value with
michael@0: .IR EPREFIX .
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michael@0: .SH BUGS
michael@0: In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard
michael@0: directories, the output from option
michael@0: .B \-\-libs
michael@0: might be incomplete.
michael@0: It is thus recommended to use the
michael@0: .BR pkg-config (1)
michael@0: interface instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies.
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michael@0: .SH AUTHOR
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michael@0: This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>,
michael@0: with further refinements from the FreeType team.
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michael@0: .\" eof