---
name: "uuid-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libossp-uuid-dev"
version: "1.6.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uuid-config"
---

# uuid-config(1)

OSSP uuid API build utility

## NAME

**uuid-config** – OSSP uuid API build utility

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

The **uuid-config** program is a little helper utility for easy configuring and building of applications based on the [uuid(3)](/uuid/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 [uuid(3)](/uuid/3.md) library.

OSSP uuid also ships [pkg-config(1)](/pkg-config/1.md) definition (as *ossp-uuid.pc*). Use that instead.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Prints the short usage information.

- **--version**

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

- **--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 [uuid(3)](/uuid/3.md)-based application. The output is usually added to the CFLAGS uuidiable of the applications *Makefile*.

- **-ldflags**

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

- **-libs**

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

## EXAMPLES

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

[uuid(1)](/uuid/1.md), [uuid(3)](/uuid/3.md), OSSP::uuid(3)