## NAME

ncurses5-config - helper script for ncurses libraries

## SYNOPSIS

ncurses5-config [options]

## DESCRIPTION

This is a shell script which simplifies configuring applications against a particular set of ncurses libraries.

## OPTIONS

--prefix echos the package-prefix of ncurses

--exec-prefix echos the executable-prefix of ncurses

--cflags echos the C compiler flags needed to compile with ncurses

--libs echos the libraries needed to link with ncurses

--version echos the release+patchdate version of ncurses

--abi-version echos the ABI version of ncurses

--mouse-version echos the mouse-interface version of ncurses

--bindir echos the directory containing ncurses programs

--datadir echos the directory containing ncurses data

--includedir echos the directory containing ncurses header files

--libdir echos the directory containing ncurses libraries

--mandir echos the directory containing ncurses manpages

--terminfo echos the $TERMINFO terminfo database path, e.g.,

/etc/terminfo

--terminfo-dirs echos the $TERMINFO_DIRS directory list, e.g.,

/etc/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo

--termpath echos the $TERMPATH termcap list, if support for termcap is configured.

--help prints this message

## SEE ALSO

ncurses(3NCURSES)

This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20140913).