---
name: "modxslt-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmodxslt0-dev"
version: "2005072700-2.2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/modxslt-config"
---

# modxslt-config(1)

program to return libmodxslt configuration

## NAME

modxslt-config - program to return libmodxslt configuration

## SYNOPSIS

**modxslt-config** \[**--prefix**\] \[**--exec-prefix**\] \[**--libs**\] \[**--libtool-libs**\] \[**--includes**\] \[**--cppflags**\] \[**--cflags**\] \[**--list**\] \[**--query=***VAR*\] \[**--show=***VAR*\] \[**--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**modxslt-config** can be used to query the status of an installed libmodxslt and to access its compile time parameters/options.

The main idea behind **modxslt-config** (or any other foo-config) is to provide an easy way for configre scripts and makefiles to use a given library. The configure script of a package using libmodxslt should try to search for **modxslt-config**, while the makefiles will try to compile the package using the variables found using the **modxslt-config** command.

## OPTIONS

- **--prefix**

  Returns libmodxslt install prefix, as specified to the configure script

- **--exec-prefix**

  Returns libmodxslt install exec-prefix, as specified to the configure script

- **--libs**

  Returns the parameters to be used with **ld** to link your binaries with libmodxslt

- **--libtool-libs**

  Returns the parameters to be used with **libtool** to link your binaries with libmodxslt

- **--includes**

  Returns the parameters to be used with **cc** to allow your .c files to include libmodxslt headers

- **--cppflags**

  Returns the parameters to be used with **cpp** (the c preprocessor) to succesfully compile your .c files using libmodxslt headers

- **--cflags**

  Returns the parameters specified to **cc** during libmodxslt compilation

- **--list**

  **modxslt-config** allows you to access any other variable specified or detected by the libmodxslt configure script. This options lists all known varaibles and their raw values (with shell variables not substituted)

- **--query=***VAR*

  shows the value of variable *VAR*, expanding any shell variables therein

- **--show=***VAR*

  same as **--query**, but shell variables are not expanded

- **--version**

  Show version of libmodxslt installed on this system

If called without parameters, the help screen is displayed. More than one parameter can be specified at the same time.

## EXAMPLES

```
$ modxslt-config --query=sysconfdir
/usr/local/etc
$ modxslt-config --show=sysconfdir
${prefix}/etc
$ modxslt-config --prefix
/usr/local
$ modxslt-config --cflags
-g -O2 -D_REENTRANT
$ cc `modxslt-config --includes` `modxslt-config --libs` \
  `modxslt-config --cppflags` myownprogram.c -o myownprogram
```

## RETURN VALUES

**modxslt-config** exits with status 1 in case no argument was supplied and the help screen was displayed. Status 2 is returned whenever an argument wich does not need any additional parameter is encountered with an unnecessary parameter (like --prefix=fuffa). Status 3 is returned when an argument which needs an additional parameter is encountered without the needed parameter (like --query), while 4 is returned when an unknown argument is specified. Any other exit status should be interpreted accordingly to the shell being used.

## SEE ALSO

[modxslt-perror(1)](/modxslt-perror/1.md), [modxslt-parse(1)](/modxslt-parse/1.md), modxslt manual, http://www.modxslt2.com

## LICENSE

This manual page was written by Carlo Contavalli \<ccontavalli at modxslt2.com\>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

## AUTHOR

Carlo Contavalli.