---
name: "libusb-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libusb-dev"
version: "2:0.1.12-35+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libusb-config"
---

# libusb-config(1)

script to get information about the installed version of libusb

## NAME

libusb-config - script to get information about the installed version of libusb

## SYNOPSIS

**libusb-config \[--prefix*\[=DIR\]*\] \[--exec-prefix*\[=DIR\]*\] \[--version\] \[--libs\] \[--cflags\] \[LIBRARIES\]**

## DESCRIPTION

*libusb-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 *libusb*.

## OPTIONS

*libusb-config* accepts the following options:

- **LIBRARIES**

  This argument is currently ignored as libusb as only one library.

- **--version**

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

- **--libs**

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

- **--cflags**

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

- **--prefix=PREFIX**

  If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that *libusb* was built with when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. This option is also used for the exec prefix if --exec-prefix was not specified. This option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options.

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

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

## AUTHORS

**libusb** was written by Johannes Erdfelt \<johannes@erdfelt.com\> and Thomas Sailer \<sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch\>.