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PYTHON-CONFIG(1) | General Commands Manual | PYTHON-CONFIG(1) |
NAME¶
python-config - output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding
SYNOPSIS¶
python-config [ --prefix ] [ --exec-prefix ] [ --includes ] [ --libs ] [ --cflags ] [ --ldflags ] [ --extension-suffix ] [ --abiflags ] [ --help ]
DESCRIPTION¶
python-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can be loaded dynamically (at run time) into the interpreter.
OPTIONS¶
- --abiflags
- print the the ABI flags as specified by PEP 3149.
- --cflags
- print the C compiler flags.
- --ldflags
- print the flags that should be passed to the linker.
- --includes
- similar to --cflags but only with -I options (path to python header files).
- --libs
- similar to --ldflags but only with -l options (used libraries).
- --prefix
- prints the prefix (base directory) under which python can be found.
- --exec-prefix
- print the prefix used for executable program directories (such as bin, sbin, etc).
- --extension-suffix
- print the extension suffix used for binary extensions.
- --help
- print the usage message.
EXAMPLES¶
To build the singe-file c program prog against the python library, use
The same in a makefile:
To build a dynamically loadable python module, use
SEE ALSO¶
python (1)
http://docs.python.org/extending/extending.html
/usr/share/doc/python/faq/extending.html
AUTHORS¶
This manual page was written by Johann Felix Soden <johfel@gmx.de> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
November 27, 2011 |