---
name: "gauche-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gauche-dev"
version: "0.9.15-p2+20241205-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gauche-config"
---

# gauche-config(1)

retrieve configuration parameters of Gauche

## NAME

gauche-config - retrieve configuration parameters of Gauche

## SYNOPSIS

**gauche-config** *option*\

## DESCRIPTION

*Gauche-config* displays various parameters specified at the configuration time of the Gauche Scheme implementation.  It can be used in Makefile and other configuration scripts that uses Gauche.

## OPTIONS

### General parameter

- **-V**

  The current Gauche version.

### Parameters to compile applications using Gauche

- **-I**

  Include path options required to compile programs using Gauche (Note: This doesn't work if Gauche installation directory path contains whitespaces.  See --incdirs below.)

- **-L**

  Library path options required to link programs using Gauche (Note: This doesn't work if Gauche installation directory path contains whitespaces.  See --archdirs below.)

- **-l**

  Link library options required to link programs using Gauche.

- **--cc**

  The name of the C compiler used to compile this Gauche.

- **--cpp**

  The command to run the C preprocessor.

- **--ac**

  The directory that contains Gauche-specific autoconf macros.

- **--reconfigure**

  The command line used to configure the current installation.

- **--arch**

  The autoconf-style architecture signature (cpu-vendor-kernel-os).

- **--incdirs, --archdirs**

  The list of directory names to be looked for include files and libraries, respectively.  Each directory name may be quoted if it contains whitespaces, and separated by ':' on Unix platforms, or by ';' on Windows platforms.

- **--local-incdir, --local-libdir**

  These are '-I' and '-L' flags for additional local headers/libraries to search, given by '--with-local' configure flags.  Note that those are also included in '-I', '-L', '--incdirs', and '--archdirs'.

### Parameters to install files

- **--prefix**

  The directory prefix set by configure.

- **--sysincdir, --siteincdir, --pkgincdir**

  Directories where system\|site\|package header files of extensions go.

- **--syslibdir, --sitelibdir, --pkglibdir**

  Directories where system\|site\|package scheme files go.

- **--sysarchdir, --sitearchdir, --pkgarchdir**

  Directories where system\|site\|package DSO files go.

- **--mandir, --infodir**

  Directories where gauche manpage and info docs are installed.

### Parameters to help building extensions

- **--object-suffix**

  The extension of the compiled objects (e.g. 'o' or 'obj').

- **--executable-suffix**

  The extension of the executable including a period (empty on Unix systems,

- **--so-suffix**

  The extension for dynamically loadable (dlopen-able) modules (e.g. 'so').

- **--so-cflags**

  Additional CFLAGS to create dynamically loadable modules.

- **--so-ldflags**

  Additional LDFLAGS to create dynamically loadable modules.

- **--so-libs**

  Additional libraries required to create dynamically loadable modules.

- **--dylib-suffix**

  The extension for dynamically linked libraries (as opposed to dlopen()ed) Usually the same as --so-suffix, but OSX wants 'dylib'.

- **--dylib-ldflags**

  LDFLAGS to create dynamically linked libraries.

- **--rpath-flag**

  Compiler flag(s) to embed RPATH

- **--default-cflags**

  This is the CFLAGS used to compile Gauche, and to be used to compile extensions as well.

- **--cppflags**

  Compiler flag(s) passed to C preprocessor

- **--static-libs**

  List of library link flags ('-llib') required to link Gauche statically. Similar to '-l', but this includes the libraries that are used for extension modules, and also the static library itself, that is -lgauche-static-X.X.

- **--libgauche-so**

  The base name of dynamically linked libgauche.

## AUTHORS

Shiro Kawai (shiro @ acm . org)

## SEE ALSO

[gosh(1)](/gosh/1.md), [gauche-package(1)](/gauche-package/1.md)

Gauche Scheme script engine:\
 https://practical-scheme.net/gauche/