---
name: "paintlib-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "paintlib-dev"
version: "2.6.2-14+b1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/paintlib-config"
---

# paintlib-config(1)

get information about the installed version of paintlib

## NAME

paintlib-config - get information about the installed version of
 paintlib

## SYNOPSIS

**paintlib-config** 
 **\[--prefix\]**
 **\[--libs\]**
 **\[--cflags\]**
 **\[--help\]**
 **\[--version\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**paintlib-config**
 prints the compiler and linker flags required to compile and link
 programs that use the
 **paintlib**
 Application Programmer Interface.

## EXAMPLES

To print the version of the installed distribution of
 **paintlib**,
 use:

  paintlib-config --version

To compile a program that calls the 
 **paintlib**
 Application Programmer Interface, use:

  cc \`paintlib-config --cflags --libs\` program.c

## OPTIONS

**--cflags**
 Print the compiler flags that were used to compile 
 **paintlib**.
 **--libs**
 Print the linker flags that are needed to link a program with
 **paintlib**.
 **--version**
 Print the version of the
 **paintlib**
 distribution to standard output.

## COPYRIGHT

The paintlib source code and all documentation are copyright (c)
 1996-2002 Ulrich von Zadow and other contributors.

## AUTHORS

This package was debianized by Torsten Werner \<twerner@debian.org\>. The
 upstream Author is Ulrich von Zadow \<uzadow@users.sourceforge.net\>. This
 manual page was adapted from the Magick-config manual page of the
 ImageMagick package.