---
name: "neon-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "neon"
version: "0.37.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/neon-config"
---

# neon-config(1)

script providing information about installed copy of neon library

## NAME

neon-config - script providing information about installed copy of neon library

## SYNOPSIS

**neon-config** \[**--prefix**\] \[\[**--cflags**\] \| \[**--libs**\] \| \[**--la-file**\] \| \[**--support** *feature*\] \| \[**--help**\] \| \[**--version**\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **neon-config** script provides information about an installed copy of the neon library. The **--cflags** and **--libs** options instruct how to compile and link an application against the library; the **--version** and **--support** options can help determine whether the library meets the applications requirements.

## OPTIONS

- **--cflags**

  Print the flags which should be passed to the C compiler when compiling object files, when the object files use neon header files.

- **--libs**

  Print the flags which should be passed to the linker when linking an application which uses the neon library

- **--la-file**

  Print the location of the libtool library script, libneon.la, which can be used to link against neon by applications using libtool.

- **--version**

  Print the version of the library

- **--prefix** *dir*

  If *dir* is given; relocate output of **--cflags** and **--libs** as if neon was installed in given prefix directory. Otherwise, print the installation prefix of the library.

- **--support** *feature*

  The script exits with success if *feature* is supported by the library.

- **--help**

  Print help message; includes list of known features and whether they are supported or not.

## EXAMPLE

Below is a Makefile fragment which could be used to build an application against an installed neon library, when the **neon-config** script can be found in **$PATH**.

```
CFLAGS = `neon-config --cflags`
LIBS = `neon-config --libs`
OBJECTS = myapp.o
TARGET = myapp
$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS)
myapp.o: myapp.c
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c myapp.c -o myapp.o
```

## COPYRIGHT