NAME

       python-config - output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding

SYNOPSIS

       python-config  [  --prefix  ]  [  --exec-prefix ] [ --includes ] [ --libs ] [ --cflags ] [
       --ldflags ] [ --extension-suffix ] [ --configdir ] [ --help ]

DESCRIPTION

       python-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or
       extension modules that can be loaded dynamically (at run time) into the interpreter.

OPTIONS

       --cflags
              print the C compiler flags.

       --ldflags
              print the flags that should be passed to the linker.

       --includes
              similar to --cflags but only with -I options (path to python header files).

       --libs similar to --ldflags but only with -l options (used libraries).

       --prefix
              prints the prefix (base directory) under which python can be found.

       --exec-prefix
              print the prefix used for executable program directories (such as bin, sbin, etc).

       --extension-suffix
              print  suffix  used  for  extension  modules  (including  the _d modified for debug
              builds).

       --configdir
              prints the path to the configuration directory under which the Makefile,  etc.  can
              be found).

       --help print the usage message.

EXAMPLES

       To build the singe-file c program prog against the python library, use

              gcc $(python-config --cflags --ldflags) progr.cpp -o progr.cpp

       The same in a makefile:

              CFLAGS+=$(shell python-config --cflags)
              LDFLAGS+=$(shell python-config --ldflags)
              all: progr

       To build a dynamically loadable python module, use

              gcc $(python-config --cflags --ldflags) -shared -fPIC progr.cpp -o progr.so

SEE ALSO

       python (1)
       http://docs.python.org/extending/extending.html
       /usr/share/doc/python/faq/extending.html

AUTHORS

       This  manual page was written by Johann Felix Soden <johfel@gmx.de> for the Debian project
       (and may be used by others).

                                        November 27, 2011                        PYTHON-CONFIG(1)