---
name: "rivet-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "librivet-dev"
version: "1.8.3-1.1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rivet-config"
---

# rivet-config(1)

configuration tool for Rivet

## NAME

rivet-config - configuration tool for Rivet

## SYNOPSIS

**rivet-config** \[*option*\]

## OPTIONS

- **--help**, **-h**

  show this help message

- **--prefix**

  show the installation prefix (cf. autoconf)

- **--includedir**

  show the path to the directory containing the Rivet headers

- **--libdir**

  show the path to the directory containing the Rivet libraries

- **--datadir**

  show the path to the directory containing Rivet data

- **--pythonpath**

  show the path(s) to the directory containing Rivet Python modules

- **--cppflags**

  returns a Rivet '-I' string for insertion into CPPFLAGS

- **--ldflags**

  returns a Rivet '-L' string for insertion into LDFLAGS

- **--libs**

  returns a Rivet '-l' string for insertion into LIBS or LIBADD

- **--version**

  returns Rivet release version number

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun \<lifongsun@gmail.com\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).