LIBMCRYPT-CONFIG(1)

💖 LIBMCRYPT-CONFIG 💖

okay so bestie, this is libmcrypt-config from the LIBMCRYPT-CONFIG(1) manual — a lil script that spills the tea on the LIBMCRYPT you've got installed. sit down, we're doing this together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

libmcrypt-config — a script to get info about the installed version of LIBMCRYPT. that's it, that's the whole job. iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

libmcrypt-config [ --prefix[=DIR] ] [ --exec-prefix[=DIR] ] [ --libs ] [ --cflags ] [ --version ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. libmcrypt-config is the tool you use to figure out the compiler and linker flags you need when you're compiling and linking programs that use the LIBMCRYPT library. it's giving "personal assistant but for build systems." it knows the flags so you don't have to go hunting for them. periodt 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --prefix=PREFIX — if you pass this, it uses PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that LIBMCRYPT was built with, when it's computing the output for --cflags and --libs. also, this one doubles as the exec prefix if you didn't specify --exec-prefix. IMPORTANT: it has to come before any --libs or --cflags options. order matters, bestie, don't test it 😭
• --exec-prefix=PREFIX — same energy, but for the installation exec prefix. pass it and it uses PREFIX instead of the exec prefix LIBMCRYPT was built with, when computing output for --cflags and --libs. and yeah — this one also must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options. no skipping the line 🙈
• --libs — prints out the linker flags that are necessary to link a LIBMCRYPT program. the "how do i link this" answer ✨
• --cflags — prints out the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a LIBMCRYPT program. the "how do i compile this" answer 💖
• --version — prints the currently installed version of LIBMCRYPT to standard output. vibe check on your install, go 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). then it got modified by RISKO Gergely <risko@debian.org> for libmcrpyt. shoutout to both, fr fr 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie. no cap, you now know libmcrypt-config better than it knows itself 💀

13 August 2004 🌈 LIBMCRYPT-CONFIG(1) — that's the version-and-date sign-off, love you, bye 💜