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ICU-CONFIG(1)			 ICU 76.1 Manual		   ICU-CONFIG(1)

NAME
     icu-config - output ICU build options

SYNOPSIS
     icu-config  [  --bindir  ]  [  --cc  ]  [	--cflags  ]  [	--cppflags  ]  [
     --cppflags-searchpath ] [ --cxx ] [ --cxxflags  ]	[  --detect-prefix  ]  [
     --exec-prefix ] [ --exists ] [ --help, -?, --usage ] [ --icudata ] [ --icu-
     data-install-dir ] [ --icudata-mode ] [ --icudatadir ] [ --invoke ] [ --in-
     voke=prog ] [ --ldflags ] [ --ldflags-libsonly ] [ --ldflags-searchpath ] [
     --ldflags-system  ]  [ --ldflags-icuio ] [ --mandir ] [ --prefix ] [ --pre-
     fix=prefix ] [ --sbindir ] [ --shared-datadir ] [ --sysconfdir ]  [  --uni-
     code-version ] [ --version ] [ --incfile ]

DESCRIPTION
     icu-config  simplifies the task of building and linking against ICU as com-
     pared to manually configuring user makefiles or equivalent.   Because  icu-
     config  is an executable script, it also solves the problem of locating the
     ICU libraries and headers, by allowing the system PATH to locate it.

EXAMPLES
     icu-config can be used without a makefile. The command line below is suffi-
     cient for building a single-file c++ program  against  ICU.  (For	example,
     icu/source/samples/props/props.cpp)

	    `icu-config   --cxx   --cxxflags   --cppflags  --ldflags`  -o  props
	    props.cpp

     More commonly, icu-config will be called from within a makefile,  and  used
     to set up variables. The following example also builds the props example.

	    CC=$(shell icu-config --cc)

	    CXX=$(shell icu-config --cxx)

	    CPPFLAGS=$(shell icu-config --cppflags)

	    CXXFLAGS=$(shell icu-config --cxxflags)

	    LDFLAGS =$(shell icu-config --ldflags)

	    all: props

	    props.o: props.cpp

     make(1) will automatically use the above variables.

OPTIONS
     --bindir
	    Prints  the  binary (executable) directory path. Normally equivalent
	    to 'bin'.  ICU user-executable applications and  scripts  are  found
	    here.

     --cc   Print  the	C compiler used.  Equivalent to the $(CC) Makefile vari-
	    able.

     --cflags
	    Print the C compiler flags. Equivalent  to	the  $(CFLAGS)	Makefile
	    variable.	Does NOT include preprocessor directives such as include
	    path or defined symbols. Examples include debugging (-g)  and  opti-
	    mization flags

     --cppflags
	    Print  the C preprocessor flags. Equivalent to the $(CPPFLAGS) Make-
	    file variable. Examples are -I include paths  and -D  define  direc-
	    tives.

     --cppflags-searchpath
	    Print the C preprocessor flags, as above but only -I search paths.

     --cxx  Print the C++ compiler. Equivalent to the $(CXX) Makefile variable.

     --cxxflags
	    Print the C++ compiler flags. Equivalent to the $(CXXFLAGS) Makefile
	    variable.

     --detect-prefix
	    If	ICU  has been moved from its installed location, prepending this
	    flag to other icu-config calls will attempt to locate  ICU	relative
	    to	where  the  icu-config script has been located. Can be used as a
	    last-chance effort if the ICU install has been damaged.

     --exec-prefix
	    Print the prefix used for executable program  directories  (such  as
	    bin, sbin, etc). Normally the same as the prefix.

     --exists
	    Script  will  return with a successful (0) status if ICU seems to be
	    installed and located correctly,  otherwise  an  error  message  and
	    nonzero status will be displayed.

     --help, -?,--usage
	    Print a help and usage message.

     --icudata
	    Print  the shortname of the ICU data file. This does not include any
	    suffix such as .dat, .dll, .so, .lib, .a, etc nor  does  it  include
	    prefixes such as 'lib'.  It may be in the form icudt21b

     --icudata-install-dir
	    Print  the	directory  where  ICU packaged data should be installed.
	    Can use as pkgdata(1)'s --install option.

     --icudata-mode
	    Print the default ICU pkgdata mode, such as dll or common.	Can  use
	    as pkgdata(1)'s --mode option.

     --icudatadir
	    Print the path to packaged archive data.  (should be where $ICU_DATA
	    or equivalent default path points.)  Will NOT point to the libdir.

     --invoke
	    If	ICU  is  not  installed in a location where the operating system
	    will locate its shared libraries, this option will	print  out  com-
	    mands  so  as  to  set the appropriate environment variables to load
	    ICU's shared libraries. For example,  on  many  systems  a	variable
	    named LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent must be set.

     --invoke=prog
	    Same  as the --invoke option, except includes options for invoking a
	    program named prog.  If prog is the name of an  ICU  tool,	such  as
	    genrb(1),  then  icu-config  will also include the full path to that
	    tool.

     --ldflags
	    Print any flags which should be passed to the linker. These may  in-
	    clude  -L  for  library  search  paths, and -l for including ICU li-
	    braries. By default, this option will attempt to link in  the  "com-
	    mon"  (libicuuc)  and  "i18n" (libicui18n) libraries, as well as the
	    data library. If additional libraries are required, any of the  fol-
	    lowing  two flags may be added in conjunction with this one, for ex-
	    ample "--ldflags --ldflags-icuio" if the icuio library  is	required
	    in	addition to the standard ICU libraries.  Equivalent to the $(LD-
	    FLAGS) Makefile variable.

     --ldflags-layout
	    Prints the link option for the ICU layout library.

     --ldflags-icuio
	    Prints the link option to add the ICU I/O package

     --ldflags-libsonly
	    Similar to --ldflags but only includes the -l options.

     --ldflags-searchpath
	    Similar to --ldflags but only includes the -L search path options.

     --ldflags-system
	    Similar to --ldflags but only includes  system  libraries  (such  as
	    pthreads)  --mandir  Prints  the  location	of the installed ICU man
	    pages. Normally (man)

     --prefix
	    Prints the prefix (base directory) under which the installed ICU re-
	    sides.

     --prefix=prefix
	    Sets the ICU prefix to prefix for  the  remainder  of  this  command
	    line.  Does test whether the new prefix is valid.

     --sbindir
	    Prints the location of ICU system binaries, normally (sbin)

     --shared-datadir
	    Prints the location of ICU shared data, normally (share)

     --sysconfdir
	    Prints the location of ICU system configuration data, normally (etc)

     --unicode-version
	    Prints  the  Version  of  the Unicode Standard which the current ICU
	    uses.

     --version
	    Prints the current version of ICU.

     --incfile
	    Prints the 'Makefile.inc' path, suitable for use  with  pkgdata(1)'s
	    -O option.

AUTHORS
     Steven Loomis

VERSION
     76.1

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2002-2004 IBM, Inc. and others.

ICU MANPAGE			   17 May 2004			   ICU-CONFIG(1)

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