POLYMAKE(1)

📦 version 4.15, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 POLYMAKE(1) — the manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the General Commands Manual entry for polymake-config and it's literally so useful and so underrated. it's giving "quiet helper script that carries the whole build system on its back." no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

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

like, it's the little guy you ask "hey what's up with my polymake install" and it just tells you. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

polymake-config --help | --version | [--debug] --OPTION

so it's one of three moods: asking for --help, asking for --version, or picking an --OPTION (and optionally throwing --debug in front of it first, as a treat). that's the whole vibe. 🌸

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Print bits of polymake configuration useful to compose Makefiles for programs linked with its callable library.

fr fr that's it — it spits out the tiny config facts you need to build a Makefile for a program that links against polymake's callable library. not a whole essay, just the bits you actually need. main character energy but lowkey about it. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

polymake-config accepts the following options:

  • --cc — print the name of C++ compiler and linker 🔥
  • --cflags — print the C++ compiler flags without header paths
  • --includes — print the C++ compiler flags for header paths
  • --ldflags — print the linker flags
  • --libs — print the libraries to link with
bestie reminder: --cflags and --includes are siblings, not twins. one is flags-sans-headers, the other is the headers. do not confuse them, i'm begging. 🙈

Copyright © 1997-2015 Ewgenij Gawrilow, Michael Joswig (TU Berlin) http://www.polymake.org

This is free software licensed under GPL; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

so yeah — free software, GPL, go read the source if you want the fine print, and absolutely zero warranty. none. not even the implied ones. it said what it said. 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie. you ate this. go build something iconic with it. 🫶

signing off from polymake 3.0, dated January 2016 — the POLYMAKE(1) era, still slaying. 💖✨

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