---
name: "x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpython3.7-dev"
version: "3.7.3-2+deb10u3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config"
---

# x86\_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config(1)

output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding

## NAME

python-config - output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding

## SYNOPSIS

**python-config** \[ **--prefix** \] \[ **--exec-prefix** \] \[ **--includes** \] \[ **--libs** \] \[ **--cflags** \] \[ **--ldflags** \] \[ **--extension-suffix** \] \[ **--abiflags** \] \[ **--help** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**python-config** helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can be loaded dynamically (at run time) into the interpreter.

## OPTIONS

- **--abiflags**

  print the the ABI flags as specified by PEP 3149.

- **--cflags**

  print the C compiler flags.

- **--ldflags**

  print the flags that should be passed to the linker.

- **--includes**

  similar to *--cflags* but only with -I options (path to python header files).

- **--libs**

  similar to *--ldflags* but only with -l options (used libraries).

- **--prefix**

  prints the prefix (base directory) under which python can be found.

- **--exec-prefix**

  print the prefix used for executable program directories (such as bin, sbin, etc).

- **--extension-suffix**

  print the extension suffix used for binary extensions.

- **--help**

  print the usage message.

## EXAMPLES

To build the singe-file c program *prog* against the python library, use

gcc $(python-config --cflags --ldflags) progr.cpp -o progr.cpp

The same in a makefile:

CFLAGS+=$(shell python-config --cflags)

LDFLAGS+=$(shell python-config --ldflags)

all: progr

To build a dynamically loadable python module, use

gcc $(python-config --cflags --ldflags) -shared -fPIC progr.cpp -o progr.so

## SEE ALSO

python (1)\
 http://docs.python.org/extending/extending.html\
 /usr/share/doc/python/faq/extending.html

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Johann Felix Soden \<johfel@gmx.de\> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).