---
name: "clamav-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libclamav-dev"
version: "1.4.3+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/clamav-config"
---

# clamav-config(1)

script to get information about libclamav

## NAME

clamav-config - script to get information about libclamav

## SYNOPSIS

**clamav-config** **\[--prefix\[=***DIR***\]\]** **\[--version\]** **\[--cflags\]** **\[--libs\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**clamav-config** is a tool that is used to configure to determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use **libclamav**.

## OPTIONS

- **--version**

  Print the currently installed version of  **libclamav** on the standard output.

- **--libs**

  Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a program with **libclamav**.

- **--cflags**

  Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a program with  **libclamav**.

- **--prefix=***PREFIX*

  If specified, use  *PREFIX* instead of the installation prefix that  **libclamav** was built with when computing the output for the  **--cflags** and **--libs** options.  This option must be specified before any **--libs** or  **--cflags** options.

## AUTHOR

**clamav-config was written by Daniel Veillard.**

This manual page was created by Stephen Gran \<sgran@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).