---
name: "parrot_config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "parrot-devel"
version: "6.6.0-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/parrot_config"
---

# parrot\_config(1)

Parrot Configuration

## Name

parrot\_config - Parrot Configuration

## DESCRIPTION

parrot\_config can be used find out compile-time configuration information about the Parrot executable.

## SYNOPSIS

To print every available key:

```
    parrot_config --dump
```

With specific key it will print only it's corresponding value.

To get the current version of Parrot:

```
    parrot_config VERSION
```

To get a descriptive version string that will uniquely identify commits which are not releases:

```
    parrot_config git_describe
```

## Help

For more help or any other question you go to \<http://parrot.org\> or \<http://github.com/parrot/parrot\>.Or you can send email to 'parrot-dev@parrot.org'.  You can also join Parrot IRC channel: #parrot on irc.parrot.org .