Issue
I remember seeing some command that works like this:
g++ main.cpp `some_forgotten_command --some_forgotten_options some_library`
When the command is run, it will substitute the part enclosed by `` with -I/path/to/some_library/include
and -L/path/to/some_library/lib/
(or something similar, I don't remember exactly). However I could not remember what some_forgotten_command
is.
Solution
It's pkgconf
or pkg-config
(those are two different implementations that do mostly the same thing).
pkgconf --libs LibraryName
gives linker flags, and pkgconf --cflags LibraryName
gives compiler flags.
You can use both --libs
and --cflags
in the same command (in your specific example, since you do compilation and linking together in a single command, you should use both).
And pkgconf --list-all
prints a list of all installed library names.
Answered By - HolyBlackCat Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (WPSolving Volunteer)