---
name: "wxbased-2.2-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwxbase2.2-dbg"
version: "2.2.9.2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wx-config"
---

# wxbased-2.2-config(1)

generate compile time info for wxWindows

Part of [wx-config(1)](/wx-config/1.md).

## NAME

wx-config - generate compile time info for wxWindows

## SYNOPSIS

**wxbase-config**\
 **wxgtk-config**

**wx-config** \[--version\] \[--libs\] \[--gl-libs\] \[--cppflags\] \[--cflags\] \[--cxxflags\] \[--cc\] \[--cxx\] \[--ld\] \[--prefix*\[=DIR\]*\] \[--exec-prefix*\[=DIR\]*\]

## DESCRIPTION

*wx-config* is a tool to determine the compiler and linker flags required for applications using the *wxWindows* toolkit(s).

*wx-config* is normally a symlink to one of the port-specific versions like *wxbase-config* or *wxgtk-config* which designates the default port to compile applications with. You can override this default either by using one of the specific versions directly, or by changing which version the symlink points to. On Debian systems this can be done using the [**update-alternatives**(8)](/update-alternatives/8.md) mechanism.

## OPTIONS

*wx-config* accepts the following options:

- **--version**

  What to **ALWAYS** include in a bug report.\
   ( But of course you already knew that ... )

- **--libs**

  Output linker flags for a *wxWindows* program.

- **--gl-libs**

  Output additional linker flags for apps using GLCanvas.

- **--cppflags**

  Output build-time preprocessor flags.

- **--cflags**

  Output C compiler flags.

- **--cxxflags**

  Output C++ compiler flags.

- **--cc**

  Output the name of the C compiler **$(CC)**.

- **--cxx**

  Output the name of the C++ compiler **$(CXX)**.

- **--ld**

  Output the Linker command **$(LD)**.

- **--prefix=PREFIX**

  If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that *wxWindows* was built with when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. This option is also used for the exec prefix if --exec-prefix was not specified. This option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options.\

(Translation:  this is the root path to the *wxWindows* headers -- \[Ron\])

- **--exec-prefix=PREFIX**

  If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation exec prefix that *wxWindows* was built with when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options.  This option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options.\

(Translation:  this is the root path to the *wxWindows* library -- \[Ron\])

## SEE ALSO

[**gtk-config**(1)](/gtk-config/1.md), [**update-alternatives**(8)](/update-alternatives/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

This manpage was copied whole-heartedly from the [**gtk-config**(1)](/gtk-config/1.md) manpage by Brian Bassett \<brianb@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution of wxGTK.  It was then updated to include new options and otherwise bastardised generally by Ron Lee \<ron@debian.org\>

The original gtk-config manpage copyright:

Copyright ©  1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis

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.