---
name: "pth-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpth-dev"
version: "2.0.7-22"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pth-config"
---

# pth-config(1)

Pth library build utility

## NAME

**pth-config** - Pth library build utility

## VERSION

GNU Pth .0.7 (08-Jun-2006)

## SYNOPSIS

**pth-config** \[**--help**\] \[**--version**\] \[**--all**\] \[**--prefix**\] \[**--exec-prefix**\] \[**--bindir**\] \[**--libdir**\] \[**--includedir**\] \[**--mandir**\] \[**--datadir**\] \[**--acdir**\] \[**--cflags**\] \[**--ldflags**\] \[**--libs**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **pth-config** program is a little helper utility for easy configuring and building applications based on the [*pth*(3)](/pth/3.md) library.  It can be used to query the C compiler and linker flags which are required to correctly compile and link the application against the [*pth*(3)](/pth/3.md) library.

## OPTIONS

**pth-config** accepts the following options:

- **--help**

  Prints the short usage information.

- **--version**

  Prints the version number and date of the installed [*pth*(3)](/pth/3.md) library.

- **--all**

  Forces the output of all flags, that is, including extra flags which are not **Pth** specific.

- **--prefix**

  Prints the installation prefix of architecture independent files

- **--exec-prefix**

  Prints the installation prefix of architecture dependent files.

- **--bindir**

  Prints the installation directory of binaries.

- **--libdir**

  Prints the installation directory of libraries.

- **--includedir**

  Prints the installation directory of include headers.

- **--mandir**

  Prints the installation directory of manual pages.

- **--datadir**

  Prints the installation directory of shared data.

- **--acdir**

  Prints the installation directory of **autoconf** data.

- **--cflags**

  Prints the C compiler flags which are needed to compile the [*pth*(3)](/pth/3.md)-based application. The output is usually added to the `"CFLAGS"` variable of the applications `"Makefile"`.

- **--ldflags**

  Prints the linker flags (`"-L"`) which are needed to link the application with the [*pth*(3)](/pth/3.md) library. The output is usually added to the `"LDFLAGS"` variable of the applications `"Makefile"`.

- **--libs**

  Prints the library flags (`"-l"`) which are needed to link the application with the [*pth*(3)](/pth/3.md) library. The output is usually added to the `"LIBS"` variable of the applications `"Makefile"`.

## EXAMPLE

```
 CC      = cc
 CFLAGS  = -O `pth-config --cflags`
 LDFLAGS = `pth-config --ldflags`
 LIBS    = -lm `pth-config --libs`
```

```
 all: foo
 foo: foo.o
     $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o foo foo.o $(LIBS)
 foo.o: foo.c
     $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c foo.c
```

## SEE ALSO

[*pth*(3)](/pth/3.md), [*cc*(1)](/cc/1.md).

## AUTHOR

```
 Ralf S. Engelschall
 rse@engelschall.com
 www.engelschall.com
```