cups-config

Show technical information about your CUPS print server installation.

TLDR

Show the currently installed version of CUPS

$ cups-config --version

Show where CUPS is currently installed

$ cups-config --serverbin

Show the location of CUPS' configuration directory

$ cups-config --serverroot

Show the location of CUPS' data directory

$ cups-config --datadir

Display all available options

$ cups-config --help

cups-config --api-version
cups-config --build
cups-config --cflags
cups-config --datadir
cups-config --help
cups-config --ldflags
cups-config [ --image ] [ --static ] --libs
cups-config --serverbin
cups-config --serverroot
cups-config --version

DESCRIPTION

The cups-config command allows application developers to determine the necessary command-line options for the compiler and linker, as well as the installation directories for filters, configuration files, and drivers. All values are reported to the standard output. Note: This command is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of CUPS. The pkg-config(1) command should be used instead.

OPTIONS

The cups-config command accepts the following command-line options:

--api-version: Reports the current API version (major.minor).
--build: Reports a system-specific build number.
--cflags: Reports the necessary compiler options.
--datadir: Reports the default CUPS data directory.
--help: Reports the program usage message.
--ldflags: Reports the necessary linker options.
--libs: Reports the necessary libraries to link to.
--serverbin: Reports the default CUPS binary directory, where filters and backends are stored.
--serverroot: Reports the default CUPS configuration file directory.
--static: When used with --libs, reports the static libraries instead of the default (shared) libraries.
--version: Reports the full version number of the CUPS installation (major.minor.patch).

EXAMPLES

Show the currently installed version of CUPS:


    cups-config --version

Compile a simple one-file CUPS filter:


    cc `cups-config --cflags --ldflags` -o filter filter.c \
        `cups-config --libs`

DEPRECATED OPTIONS

The following options are deprecated but continue to work for backwards compatibility:

--image: Formerly used to add the CUPS imaging library to the list of libraries.