---
name: "ptlib-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpt-1.10.10-dev"
version: "1.10.10-3"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ptlib-config"
---

# ptlib-config(1)

script to get information about the installed version of the console mode part of the Portable Windows Library, ptlib.

## NAME

ptlib-config - script to get information about the installed version of the console mode part of the *Portable Windows Library*, *ptlib*.

## SYNOPSIS

**ptlib-config \[--version\] \[--pwlibdir\] \[--ccflags\] \[--ldflags\] \[--libs\] \[--machtype\] \[--ostype\] \[--osrelease\] \[--sharedlibext\] \[--prefix\]**

## DESCRIPTION

*ptlib-config* is a tool that is used to determine the compiler and linker  flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use *ptlib*, the console mode classes and components of the *Portable Windows Library* (aka. *pwlib*)

## OPTIONS

*ptlib-config* accepts the following options:

- **--version**

  Print the currently installed version of *ptlib* on the standard output.

- **--pwlibdir**

  Print the name of the directory under which all the necessary development files of *ptlib* can be found (to ensure compatibility with the build process of other libraries/programs by the *openh323 Project*, which rely on *ptlib*).

- **--ccflags**

  Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a program that uses *ptlib*.

- **--ldflags**

  Print flags that tell the linker *ld* where to look for *ptlib* libraries.

- **--libs**

  Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a program with *ptlib*.

- **--machtype**

  Print the machine type for which the currently installed version of *ptlib* was built.

- **--ostype**

  Print the OS for which the currently installed version of *ptlib* was built.

- **--osrelease**

  Print the release of the OS on which the currently installed version of *ptlib* was built.  This option is not used to date, for the intallation should be independant of that!

- **--sharedlibext**

  Print the suffix of the shared version libraries of the currently installed version of *ptlib*.

- **--prefix**

  Print the directory prefix under which the libraries and header files of the currently installed version of *ptlib* are installed (i.e. where the lib and include directories are located into which those files were installed).

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright ©  1998 Owen Taylor,\
  modified for pwlib/ptlib by Tim Johann, 2003.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.