gdal-config (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

gdal-config – gdal-config determines various information about a GDAL installation

SYNOPSIS

gdal - config[OPTIONS] Options : [--prefix[= DIR]]
                                     [--libs]
                                     [--cflags]
                                     [--version]
                                     [--ogr - enabled]
                                     [--formats]

DESCRIPTION

This utility script (available on Unix systems) can be used to determine various information about a GDAL installation. It is normally just used by configure scripts for applications using GDAL but can be queried by an end user.

–prefix:

the top level directory for the GDAL installation.

–libs:

The libraries and link directives required to use GDAL.

–cflags:

The include and macro definition required to compiled modules using GDAL.

–version:

Reports the GDAL version.

–ogr-enabled:

Reports ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to standard output depending on whether OGR is built into GDAL.

–formats:

Reports which formats are configured into GDAL to stdout.

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