geos-config(1)

✨ geos-config β€” the manual page πŸ’…

okay bestie, welcome to geos-config(1), filed very officially under User Commands πŸŽ€. this is the little page that tells you everything you need to know about a tiny shell script that's lowkey carrying your whole build setup. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🧚


🌸 NAME 🌸

geos-config β€” returns information about installed GEOS libraries and binaries

like. that's it. that's the job. it's giving "I answer questions about your GEOS install and I do it flawlessly" πŸ‘‘


πŸ’– SYNOPSIS πŸ’–

geos-config [OPTIONS]

that's the whole vibe. one command, then you sprinkle options on top like glitter ✨


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so the geos-config shell script displays configuration information for installed GEOS libraries and binaries πŸ’«

translation: you wanna know where GEOS lives, what version it's on, what flags it wants you to use? you don't go digging through your filesystem like a gremlin. you ask geos-config. it's the main character, you're just here for the answers 🫢


🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

one bullet per option, no notes, all facts, we're keeping it exact πŸ’…

  • --prefix β€” prints the prefix that geos is using
  • --version β€” prints the GEOS version 🏷️
  • --libs β€” prints the linker flags you need to link against GEOS πŸ”—
  • --cflags β€” prints the compiler flags you need to compile a plug-in πŸ› οΈ
  • --includes β€” shows you where the C++ header files are chilling πŸ“
  • --jtsport β€” shows the version of the Java Topology Suite that this version of GEOS was ported from β˜•
ngl bestie, that's the entire option list. six flags. no hidden lore. you already know all of them now, and that's iconic πŸ’€βœ¨

πŸ“ a lil sign-off πŸ“

that's the page!! this one is from the User Commands side of the manual, source/version geos-config, and it's been sitting there looking cute since October 25, 2004 ⭐

go build something slay with it. periodt. πŸ’œ