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,  or  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: 28 September 2014