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7 icu-config - output ICU build options
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10 icu-config [ --bindir ] [ --cc ] [ --cflags ] [ --cppflags ] [
11 --cppflags-searchpath ] [ --cxx ] [ --cxxflags ] [ --detect-prefix ] [
12 --exec-prefix ] [ --exists ] [ --help, -?, --usage ] [ --icudata ] [
13 --icudata-install-dir ] [ --icudata-mode ] [ --icudatadir ] [ --invoke
14 ] [ --invoke=prog ] [ --ldflags ] [ --ldflags-layout ] [ --ldflags-lib‐
15 sonly ] [ --ldflags-searchpath ] [ --ldflags-system ] [ --ldflags-icuio
16 ] [ --mandir ] [ --prefix ] [ --prefix=prefix ] [ --sbindir ] [
17 --shared-datadir ] [ --sysconfdir ] [ --unicode-version ] [ --version ]
18 [ --incfile ]
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24 icu-config simplifies the task of building and linking against ICU as
25 compared to manually configuring user makefiles or equivalent. Because
26 icu-config is an executable script, it also solves the problem of
27 locating the ICU libraries and headers, by allowing the system PATH to
28 locate it.
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31 icu-config can be used without a makefile. The command line below is
32 sufficient for building a single-file c++ program against ICU. (For
33 example, icu/source/samples/props/props.cpp)
34 `icu-config --cxx --cxxflags --cppflags --ldflags` -o props
36 props.cpp
37 More commonly, icu-config will be called from within a makefile, and
39 used to set up variables. The following example also builds the props
40 example.
41 CC=$(shell icu-config --cc)
43 CXX=$(shell icu-config --cxx)
45 CPPFLAGS=$(shell icu-config --cppflags)
47 CXXFLAGS=$(shell icu-config --cxxflags)
49 LDFLAGS =$(shell icu-config --ldflags)
51 all: props
53 props.o: props.cpp
55 make(1) will automatically use the above variables.
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59 --bindir
60 Prints the binary (executable) directory path. Normally equiva‐
61 lent to 'bin'. ICU user-executable applications and scripts are
62 found here.
63 --cc Print the C compiler used. Equivalent to the $(CC) Makefile
65 variable.
66 --cflags
68 Print the C compiler flags. Equivalent to the $(CFLAGS) Makefile
69 variable. Does NOT include preprocessor directives such as
70 include path or defined symbols. Examples include debugging (-g)
71 and optimization flags
72 --cppflags
74 Print the C preprocessor flags. Equivalent to the $(CPPFLAGS)
75 Makefile variable. Examples are -I include paths and -D define
76 directives.
77 --cppflags-searchpath
79 Print the C preprocessor flags, as above but only -I search
80 paths.
81 --cxx Print the C++ compiler. Equivalent to the $(CXX) Makefile vari‐
83 able.
84 --cxxflags
86 Print the C++ compiler flags. Equivalent to the $(CXXFLAGS)
87 Makefile variable.
88 --detect-prefix
90 If ICU has been moved from its installed location, prepending
91 this flag to other icu-config calls will attempt to locate ICU
92 relative to where the icu-config script has been located. Can be
93 used as a last-chance effort if the ICU install has been dam‐
94 aged.
95 --exec-prefix
97 Print the prefix used for executable program directories (such
98 as bin, sbin, etc). Normally the same as the prefix.
99 --exists
101 Script will return with a successful (0) status if ICU seems to
102 be installed and located correctly, otherwise an error message
103 and nonzero status will be displayed.
104 --help, -?,--usage
106 Print a help and usage message.
107 --icudata
109 Print the shortname of the ICU data file. This does not include
110 any suffix such as .dat, .dll, .so, .lib, .a, etc nor does it
111 include prefixes such as 'lib'. It may be in the form icudt21b
112 --icudata-install-dir
114 Print the directory where ICU packaged data should be installed.
115 Can use as pkgdata(1)'s --install option.
116 --icudata-mode
118 Print the default ICU pkgdata mode, such as dll or common. Can
119 use as pkgdata(1)'s --mode option.
120 --icudatadir
122 Print the path to packaged archive data. (should be where
123 $ICU_DATA or equivalent default path points.) Will NOT point to
124 the libdir.
125 --invoke
127 If ICU is not installed in a location where the operating system
128 will locate its shared libraries, this option will print out
129 commands so as to set the appropriate environment variables to
130 load ICU's shared libraries. For example, on many systems a
131 variable named LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent must be set.
132 --invoke=prog
134 Same as the --invoke option, except includes options for invok‐
135 ing a program named prog. If prog is the name of an ICU tool,
136 such as genrb(1), then icu-config will also include the full
137 path to that tool.
138 --ldflags
140 Print any flags which should be passed to the linker. These may
141 include -L for library search paths, and -l for including ICU
142 libraries. By default, this option will attempt to link in the
143 "common" (libicuuc) and "i18n" (libicui18n) libraries, as well
144 as the data library. If additional libraries are required, any
145 of the following two flags may be added in conjunction with this
146 one, for example "--ldflags --ldflags-icuio" if the icuio
147 library is required in addition to the standard ICU libraries.
148 Equivalent to the $(LDFLAGS) Makefile variable.
149 --ldflags-layout
151 Prints the link option for the ICU layout library.
152 --ldflags-icuio
154 Prints the link option to add the ICU I/O package
155 --ldflags-libsonly
157 Similar to --ldflags but only includes the -l options.
158 --ldflags-searchpath
160 Similar to --ldflags but only includes the -L search path
161 options.
162 --ldflags-system
164 Similar to --ldflags but only includes system libraries (such as
165 pthreads) --mandir Prints the location of the installed ICU man
166 pages. Normally (man)
167 --prefix
169 Prints the prefix (base directory) under which the installed ICU
170 resides.
171 --prefix=prefix
173 Sets the ICU prefix to prefix for the remainder of this command
174 line. Does test whether the new prefix is valid.
175 --sbindir
177 Prints the location of ICU system binaries, normally (sbin)
178 --shared-datadir
180 Prints the location of ICU shared data, normally (share)
181 --sysconfdir
183 Prints the location of ICU system configuration data, normally
184 (etc)
185 --unicode-version
187 Prints the Version of the Unicode Standard which the current ICU
188 uses.
189 --version
191 Prints the current version of ICU.
192 --incfile
194 Prints the 'Makefile.inc' path, suitable for use with pkg‐
195 data(1)'s -O option.
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