PG_CONFIG(1) PostgreSQL Client Applications PG_CONFIG(1)NAMEpg_config - retrieve information about the installed version of Post‐
greSQL
SYNOPSISpg_config [ option... ]
DESCRIPTION
The pg_config utility prints configuration parameters of the currently
installed version of PostgreSQL. It is intended, for example, to be
used by software packages that want to interface to PostgreSQL to
facilitate finding the required header files and libraries.
OPTIONS
To use pg_config, supply one or more of the following options:
--bindir
Print the location of user executables. Use this, for example,
to find the psql program. This is normally also the location
where the pg_config program resides.
--docdir
Print the location of documentation files. (This will be an
empty string if --without-docdir was specified when PostgreSQL
was built.)
--includedir
Print the location of C header files of the client interfaces.
--pkgincludedir
Print the location of other C header files.
--includedir-server
Print the location of C header files for server programming.
--libdir
Print the location of object code libraries.
--pkglibdir
Print the location of dynamically loadable modules, or where the
server would search for them. (Other architecture-dependent data
files may also be installed in this directory.)
--localedir
Print the location of locale support files. (This will be an
empty string if locale support was not configured when Post‐
greSQL was built.)
--mandir
Print the location of manual pages.
--sharedir
Print the location of architecture-independent support files.
--sysconfdir
Print the location of system-wide configuration files.
--pgxs Print the location of extension makefiles.
--configure
Print the options that were given to the configure script when
PostgreSQL was configured for building. This can be used to
reproduce the identical configuration, or to find out with what
options a binary package was built. (Note however that binary
packages often contain vendor-specific custom patches.) See also
the examples below.
--cc Print the value of the CC variable that was used for building
PostgreSQL. This shows the C compiler used.
--cppflags
Print the value of the CPPFLAGS variable that was used for
building PostgreSQL. This shows C compiler switches needed at
preprocessing time (typically, -I switches).
--cflags
Print the value of the CFLAGS variable that was used for build‐
ing PostgreSQL. This shows C compiler switches.
--cflags_sl
Print the value of the CFLAGS_SL variable that was used for
building PostgreSQL. This shows extra C compiler switches used
for building shared libraries.
--ldflags
Print the value of the LDFLAGS variable that was used for build‐
ing PostgreSQL. This shows linker switches.
--ldflags_sl
Print the value of the LDFLAGS_SL variable that was used for
building PostgreSQL. This shows linker switches used for build‐
ing shared libraries.
--libs Print the value of the LIBS variable that was used for building
PostgreSQL. This normally contains -l switches for external
libraries linked into PostgreSQL.
--version
Print the version of PostgreSQL.
If more than one option is given, the information is printed in that
order, one item per line. If no options are given, all available infor‐
mation is printed, with labels.
NOTES
The option --includedir-server was new in PostgreSQL 7.2. In prior
releases, the server include files were installed in the same location
as the client headers, which could be queried with the option
--includedir. To make your package handle both cases, try the newer
option first and test the exit status to see whether it succeeded.
The options --docdir, --pkgincludedir, --localedir, --mandir,
--sharedir, --sysconfdir, --cc, --cppflags, --cflags, --cflags_sl,
--ldflags, --ldflags_sl, and --libs are new in PostgreSQL 8.1.
In releases prior to PostgreSQL 7.1, before pg_config came to be, a
method for finding the equivalent configuration information did not
exist.
EXAMPLE
To reproduce the build configuration of the current PostgreSQL instal‐
lation, run the following command:
eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`
The output of pg_config--configure contains shell quotation marks so
arguments with spaces are represented correctly. Therefore, using eval
is required for proper results.
HISTORY
The pg_config utility first appeared in PostgreSQL 7.1.
Application 2008-01-03 PG_CONFIG(1)
