---
name: "xmms-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xmms-dev"
version: "1:1.2.10+20061101-1etch1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xmms-config"
---

# xmms-config(1)

script to get information about the installed version of xmms

## NAME

xmms-config - script to get information about the installed version of xmms

## SYNOPSIS

**xmms-config** \[--prefix*\[=DIR\]*\] \[--exec-prefix*\[=DIR\]*\] \[--version\] \[--libs\] \[--cflags\] \[--plugin-dir\] \[--data-dir\] \[--visualization-plugin-dir\] \[--input-plugin-dir\] \[--output-plugin-dir\] \[--effect-plugin-dir\] \[--general-plugin-dir\]

## DESCRIPTION

*xmms-config* is a tool used to determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use *xmms*. It can also be used to determine the directories where *xmms* expects plugins. It's also used internally by the .m4 macros for GNU autoconf that are included with *xmms*.

## OPTIONS

*xmms-config* accepts the following options:

- **--version**

  Print the currently installed version of *xmms* on the standard output.

- **--libs**

  Print the linker flags that are necessary to link *xmms* to a program.

- **--cflags**

  Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a program that uses *xmms*.

- **--plugin-dir**

  Print the directory where *xmms* plugins are stored/expected.

- **--data-dir**

  Print the directory in which *xmms* misc. data is stored/expected.

- **--visualization-plugin-dir**

  Print the directory where *xmms* visualization plugins are stored/expected.

- **--input-plugin-dir**

  Print the directory where *xmms* input plugins are stored/expected.

- **--output-plugin-dir**

  Print the directory where *xmms* output plugins are stored/expected.

- **--effect-plugin-dir**

  Print the directory where *xmms* effects plugins are stored/expected.

- **--general-plugin-dir**

  Print the directory where *xmms* general plugins are stored/expected.

- **--prefix=PREFIX**

  If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that *xmms* 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.

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

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

## SEE ALSO

[**xmms**(1)](/xmms/1.md)

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Christopher Martin \<chrsmrtn@debian.org\> for Debian GNU/Linux, based heavily on the xine-config manpage by Siggi Langauf and the Xine project, and may be used by others.