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NAME

6       pcre2-config - program to return PCRE2 configuration
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SYNOPSIS

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10       pcre2-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version]
11                    [--libs8] [--libs16] [--libs32] [--libs-posix]
12                    [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]
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DESCRIPTION

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16       pcre2-config returns the configuration of the installed PCRE2 libraries
17       and the options required to compile a program to use them. Some of  the
18       options  apply  only  to  the  8-bit,  or  16-bit, or 32-bit libraries,
19       respectively, and are not available for libraries that  have  not  been
20       built. If an unavailable option is encountered, the "usage" information
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OPTIONS

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25       --prefix  Writes the directory prefix used in  the  PCRE2  installation
26                 for  architecture  independent  files  (/usr on many systems,
27                 /usr/local on some systems) to the standard output.
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30                 Writes the directory prefix used in  the  PCRE2  installation
31                 for architecture dependent files (normally the same as --pre‐
32                 fix) to the standard output.
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34       --version Writes the version number of the installed PCRE2 libraries to
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37       --libs8   Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
38                 required to link with the 8-bit PCRE2 library  (-lpcre2-8  on
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41       --libs16  Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
42                 required to link with the 16-bit PCRE2 library (-lpcre2-16 on
43                 many systems).
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45       --libs32  Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
46                 required to link with the 32-bit PCRE2 library (-lpcre2-32 on
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50                 Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
51                 required to link  with  PCRE2's  POSIX  API  wrapper  library
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54       --cflags  Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
55                 required to compile files that use PCRE2  (this  may  include
56                 some -I options, but is blank on many systems).
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58       --cflags-posix
59                 Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
60                 required to compile files that use PCRE2's POSIX API  wrapper
61                 library  (this  may  include some -I options, but is blank on
62                 many systems).
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SEE ALSO

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66       pcre2(3)
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AUTHOR

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70       This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker  for  the  Debian
71       GNU/Linux  system.  It has been subsequently revised as a generic PCRE2
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REVISION

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76       Last updated: 28 September 2014
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