BRLCAD-CONFIG(1)

📦 version 7.42.2, in nixos 26.05

💅 BRLCAD-CONFIG(1) — the BRL-CAD manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this is brlcad-config(1) from the BRL-CAD manual pages, and it's genuinely one of the most useful little scripts ever. it's giving "quiet bestie who knows everything." let's go ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

brlcad-config — a script that spills the tea about the installed version of BRL-CAD ☕

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

brlcad-config [--prefix [=DIR]] [--libs] [--cflags] [--version] [--help]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

brlcad-config is a script that describes the compile and linker flags you should be using to compile and link programs that use BRL-CAD's libraries. like, it literally hands you the flags. no cap. you don't have to guess, you don't have to dig through build files, you just ask and it tells you 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

brlcad-config accepts the following options, and yes we're doing all of them, no skipping:

  • --prefix=PREFIX — if you specify this, it uses the installation PREFIX you gave it instead of the prefix BRL-CAD was compiled with when it's providing the output for the other brlcad-config script options. so like, you're overriding the built-in default for the rest of your output. understood the assignment 💅
  • --libs — prints out the library linker flags that are generally needed when you're creating a program that links to BRL-CAD libraries 🔥
  • --cflags — prints out the compilation flags that are generally needed when you're creating a program that refers to BRL-CAD headers 🎀
  • --version — prints out the version of BRL-CAD that's installed. icon behaviour, honestly 👑
  • --help — display usage 🌈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

brlcad(1), libbu(3), libbn(3), librt(3), libwdb(3)

go read those too, they're the whole friend group 🫶

💀 BUGS 💀

No bugs known for brlcad-config . not me being suspiciously flawless 😭✨ (yes, the space before the period is canon, we don't edit the source material here)

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Christopher Sean Morrison

This software is Copyright (c) 2007-2025 United States Government as represented by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

💌 BUG REPORTS 💌

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org — like, actually email them, they wanna hear from you 📧

and that's the page!! this lil beauty ships with BRL-CAD, dated 01/01/1980 (vintage, honestly, main character energy 💜), and it's the BRLCAD-CONFIG(1) page, so now you know. slay, go compile something 🦋💖

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