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NAME

       freetype-config - Get information about a libfreetype installation

SYNOPSIS

       freetype-config [options]

DESCRIPTION

       freetype-config  returns information needed for compiling and linking programs with the FreeType library,
       such as linker flags and compilation parameters.  Alternatively, it can  be  used  to  query  information
       about  the  FreeType  library  version installed on the system, such as the installation (directory path)
       prefix or the FreeType version number.

       If pkg-config(1) is found in the path, freetype-config acts as a wrapper for pkg-config.

       This program is part of the FreeType package.

OPTIONS

       There are two types of options: output/display selection options, and path override options.

   Output selection options
       Only one of the output selection options should be given at each program invocation.

       --prefix
              Return the prefix value of the installed FreeType library (the default prefix will  be  `/usr'  in
              most cases for distribution-installed packages).

       --exec-prefix
              Return  the  executable  prefix value of the installed FreeType library (will often be the same as
              the prefix value).

       --ftversion
              Return the FreeType version number, directly derived from file `freetype.h'.

       --version
              Return the `libtool version' of the FreeType library.

       --libtool
              Return the library name for linking with libtool.

       --libs Return compiler flags for linking with the installed FreeType library.

       --cflags
              Return compiler flags for compiling against the installed FreeType library.

       --static
              Make command line options display flags for static linking.

       --help Show help and exit.

   Path override options
       These affect any selected output option, except the libtool version returned by --version.

       --prefix=PREFIX
              Override --prefix value with PREFIX.  This also sets --exec-prefix=PREFIX if option  --exec-prefix
              is not explicitly given.

       --exec-prefix=EPREFIX
              Override --exec-prefix value with EPREFIX.

BUGS

       In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard directories, and pkg-config(1) is not
       available, the output from option --libs might be incomplete.  It is thus recommended  to  use  the  pkg-
       config(1) interface instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies.

       Setting  --exec-prefix  (either explicitly or implicitly) might return incorrect results if combined with
       option --static.  The same problem can occur if you set the SYSROOT environment variable.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>, with further  refinements  from
       the FreeType team.