---
name: "gpgme-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgpgme-dev"
version: "1.14.0-1+b2"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gpgme-config"
---

# gpgme-config(1)

script to get information about the installed version of GPGME

## NAME

gpgme-config - script to get information about the installed version of GPGME

## SYNOPSIS

**gpgme-config** \[**--api-version**\] \[**--cflags**\] \[**--exec-prefix**\] \[**--get-gpg**\] \[**--get-gpgsm**\] \[**--host**\] \[**--libs**\] \[**--prefix**\] \[**--thread=pthread**\] \[**--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**gpgme-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 *GPGME*. It is also used internally to the .m4 macros for GNU autoconf that are included with *GPGME*.

## OPTIONS

**gpgme-config** accepts the following options:

- **--api-version**

  Print the currently installed API version of *GPGME* to standard output.

- **--cflags**

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

- **--exec-prefix**

  Print the exec prefix that was used to configure the *GPGME* build.

- **--get-gpg**

  Print the path to the [**gpg**(1)](/gpg/1.md) binary used to configure the *GPGME* build.

- **--get-gpgsm**

  Print the path to the [**gpgsm**(1)](/gpgsm/1.md) binary used to configure the *GPGME* build.

- **--host**

  Print host information.

- **--libs**

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

- **--prefix**

  Print the prefix that was used to configure the *GPGME* build.

- **--thread=pthread**

  Switch for the **--cflags** and **--libs** options for the thread-enabled *GPGME* version.

- **--version**

  Print the currently installed version of *GPGME* to standard output.

## AUTHORS

The *GPGME* library is written by many contributors, including Werner Koch, Marcus Brinkmann, Andre Heinecke, Justus Winter, and Karl-Heinz Zimmer.

This manual page page was written by **Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo** \<jsogo@debian.org\> and **Daniel Leidert** \<daniel.leidert@wgdd.de\> for the Debian distribution (but may be used by others).

## BUGS

Please report bugs to \<https://bugs.gnupg.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT

**gpgme-tool** is Copyright © 2015-2016 g10 Code GmbH License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later \<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/\>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

[**gpgme-tool**(1)](/gpgme-tool/1.md), **/usr/include/gpgme.h**, **info gpgme**