LIBUSB-CONFIG(1)

💖 LIBUSB-CONFIG 💖

okay bestie, so this is libusb-config from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? she's a little script with main character energy. she does exactly one job and she does it, no notes. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

libusb-config — a script to get information about the installed version of libusb 🦋

like, that's it. that's her whole thing. she's the girl who knows things about your libusb install and will tell you if you ask nicely.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

libusb-config [--prefix[=DIR]] [--exec-prefix[=DIR]] [--version]
[--libs] [--cflags] [LIBRARIES]

look at her. six little options. a whole personality in one line 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so libusb-config is a tool you use to configure stuff — specifically, it's the girl who tells you which compiler and linker flags you should be using when you want to compile and link programs that use libusb. 🫶

basically: you're building something that needs libusb, you don't know what flags to feed your compiler, and instead of guessing you just ask her. iconic behaviour, truly. no cap.

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

libusb-config accepts the following options, and yes we're going through all of them because we don't skip. periodt.

• LIBRARIES — okay so this argument is currently ignored, because libusb is only one library. just one. singular. she doesn't need to hear about your other libraries. (the original says "libusb as only one library" and honestly the typo is part of the lore now 💀)
• --version — prints the currently installed version of libusb straight to standard output. vibe check on your libusb, essentially. 👑
• --libs — prints the linker flags that are necessary to link a libusb program. if your linking is going badly, this is the girl you call. 🔗
• --cflags — prints the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a libusb program. compiling? she got you. 🌈
• --prefix=PREFIX — if you specify this, she'll use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that libusb was built with, when she's computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. this option is also used for the exec prefix if --exec-prefix wasn't specified. ⚠️ and listen: this option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options. order matters, bestie. don't test her.
• --exec-prefix=PREFIX — same energy, but for the exec prefix: if specified, she'll use PREFIX instead of the installation exec prefix that libusb was built with when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. ⚠️ and again — this option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options. put it first or it's not happening. 💅

🦋 AUTHORS 🦋

libusb was written by Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@erdfelt.com> and Thomas Sailer <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch>. legends, honestly. give them their flowers 💐

and that's the whole page, you're welcome 💖 this one's from October 23, 2003 — yeah she's been serving since 2003 and she's still here, lowkey iconic. mwah 🎀✨