x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.6m-config (1) Linux Manual Page
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- gcc $(python-config –cflags –ldflags) progr.cpp -o progr.cpp
The same in a makefile:
- CFLAGS+=$(shell python-config –cflags)
- LDFLAGS+=$(shell python-config –ldflags)
- all: progr
To build a dynamically loadable python module, use
- gcc $(python-config –cflags –ldflags) -shared -fPIC progr.cpp -o progr.so
See Also
python (1)http://docs.python.org/extending/extending.html
/usr/share/doc/python/faq/extending.html