---
name: "xft-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxft-dev"
version: "2.1.14-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xft-config"
---

# xft-config(1)

report Xft version, compiler, linker, and/or installation directory information

## NAME

xft-config - report Xft version, compiler, linker, and/or installation directory information

## SYNOPSIS

**xft-config** { **--exec-prefix**\[**=*local\_prefix***\] \| **--prefix**\[**=*local\_prefix***\] \| **--cflags** \| **--libs** } ...

**xft-config --version**

## DESCRIPTION

**xft-config** reports information of interest to users and developers about the installed version of the X FreeType library, [**Xft**(3)](/Xft/3.md). Depending on how it is invoked, **xft-config** reports the installed version of Xft, the compiler and linker flags that are required to successfully compile and link C (or C-compatible) code that uses the library, and/or the directories used by the GNU Autotools to install its files. Note that if the system's installed version of Xft came from an OS vendor or other third party, the actual location of its files may differ from those reported by **xft-config**. The system adminstrator can also relocate Xft's files.

If invoked without any arguments, **xft-config** will print a usage message on standard error and exit.

## OPTIONS

- **--cflags**

  Report the compiler flags that are required to compile code that uses Xft symbols.

- **--exec-prefix**\[**=*local\_prefix***\]

  If specified without the parameter *local\_prefix*, report the file specification prefix that Xft uses for installation of executable files. If *local\_prefix* is specified, it is used instead of the file specification prefix used for installation of executable files by Xft and the value of the option argument specified with **--prefix**, if any, when compile and linker flags are reported (with **--cflags** and **--libs**, respectively).

- **--libs**

  Report the linker flags that are required to link code that uses Xft symbols.

- **--prefix**\[**=*local\_prefix***\]

  If specified without the parameter *local\_prefix*, report the file specification prefix that Xft uses for installation of files. If *local\_prefix* is specified, it is used instead of the file specification prefix used for installation of files by Xft when compile and linker flags are reported (with **--cflags** and **--libs**, respectively); also see **--exec-prefix**.

- **--version**

  Report the version of the Xft library installed on the system and exit.

## OPERANDS

**xft-config** does not recognize any non-option arguments. At least one option must be specified.

## EXIT STATUS

- 0

  Information was successfully reported.

- 1

  **xft-config** was invoked with invalid arguments, or no arguments at all.

## AUTHOR

**xft-config** was written by Keith Packard. This manual page was written by Branden Robinson.

## SEE ALSO

[**Xft**(3)](/Xft/3.md)