KSBA-CONFIG(1)

📦 version 1.6.0, in ubuntu jammy

💅 KSBA-CONFIG 💅

okay bestie so this is ksba-config, a lil command from the libksba world, living its best life in the General Commands Manual section. it's the one you call when you need the tea on how libksba got installed on your machine. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ksba-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs] [--cflags]

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. five flags, zero drama. 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do?? it prints out various configuration information for the ksba library. that's the whole job. and honestly?? it ate. 💅

it's useful for application building and packaging procedures — so like, when you're compiling something that depends on libksba, or when you're doing packaging stuff, this is the little helper that tells you where everything lives and what flags you need to pass. very much giving "backstage pass" energy. 🎀

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • --version — shows the version number. that's it. no notes. ⭐
  • --prefix — outputs the prefix that was used to install libksba. 📍
  • --exec-prefix — outputs the exec-prefix used to install libksba. yes it's a different thing from --prefix, and yes you should care about which one you need. 🙈
  • --cflags — outputs include flags for the C compiler. so the compiler knows where to find the headers. iconic behaviour. 🔥
  • --libs — outputs library flags for the linker. so the linker knows what to link against. periodt. ✨

💖 AUTHOR 💖

this absolute legend right here:

Matthias Urlichs <smurf@debian.org>

say thank you. 🫶

and that's a wrap on libksba, dated Dec 5, 2001 — a true vintage queen, lowkey older than most of us but still slaying 💜

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