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.TH MagickCore-Config 1 "2 May 2002" "ImageMagick"
.SH NAME
MagickCore-config \- get information about the installed version of ImageMagick
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B MagickCore-config 
.B [--cflags]
.B [--cppflags]
.B [--exec-prefix]
.B [--ldflags]
.B [--libs]
.B [--prefix]
.B [--version]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B MagickCore-config
prints the compiler and linker flags required to compile and link programs
that use the
.BR ImageMagick
Application Programmer Interface.
.SH EXAMPLES
To print the version of the installed distribution of
.BR ImageMagick ,
use:

.nf
  MagickCore-config \-\-version
.fi
  
To compile a program that calls the 
.BR ImageMagick
Application Programmer Interface, use:

.nf
  cc `MagickCore-config \-\-cflags \-\-cppflags \-\-ldflags \-\-libs` program.c
.fi

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\-cflags
Print the compiler flags that were used to compile 
.BR libMagick .
.TP
.B \-\-cppflags
Print the preprocessor flags that are needed to find the
.B ImageMagick
C include files and defines to ensure that the ImageMagick data structures match between
your program and the installed libraries.
.TP
.B \-\-exec-prefix
Print the directory under which target specific binaries and executables are installed.
.TP
.B \-\-ldflags
Print the linker flags that are needed to link with the
.B ImageMagick
library.
.TP
.B \-\-libs
Print the linker flags that are needed to link a program with
.BR libMagick .
.TP
.B \-\-version
Print the version of the
.B ImageMagick
distribution to standard output.
.SH LICENSE
See http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php.
.SH AUTHORS
John Cristy, ImageMagick Studio LLC
