---
name: "lhapdf-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblhapdf-dev"
version: "5.9.1-5"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lhapdf-config"
---

# lhapdf-config(1)

script to get version number and compiler flags of the installed LHAPDF library

## NAME

lhapdf-config - script to get version number and compiler flags of the installed LHAPDF library

## SYNOPSIS

**lhapdf-config** \[\[*--help\|-h*\] *\|* \[*--prefix*\] *\|* \[*--pdfsets-path*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

*lhapdf-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 *LHAPDF*.

## OPTIONS

- **--help** \| **-h**

  : show this help message

- **--prefix**

  : show the installation prefix (cf. autoconf)

- **--incdir**

  : show the path to the LHAPDF header directory (for C++ interface)

- **--libdir**

  : show the path to the LHAPDF library directory

- **--datadir**

  : show the path to the LHAPDF installed data directory

**--pdfsets-path** : show the path to the directory containing the PDF set data files

- **--cppflags**

  : get compiler flags for use with the C preprocessor stage of C++ compilation

- **--ldflags**

  : get compiler flags for use with the linker stage of any compilation

- **--version**

  : returns LHAPDF release version number

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun \<lifongsun@gmail.com\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).