kde4-config - Man Page

Prints KDE installation paths

Synopsis

kde4-config [--expandvars] [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--libsuffix] [--localprefix] [--version] [--types] [--path type] [--userpath type] [--install type]

Description

kde4-config is a command line program used to retrieve information about KDE installation or user paths​.

Use this program to determine where the various aspects of the KDE installation reside on your system​.

Options

--expandvars

expand ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix} in output

--prefix

Compiled in prefix for KDE libraries

--exec-prefix

Compiled in exec_prefix for KDE libraries

--libsuffix

Compiled in library path suffix

--localprefix

Prefix in $HOME used to write files

--version

Compiled in version string for KDE libraries

--types

Print a list of all available KDE resource types

--path type

Search path for the specified type

--userpath type

User paths for the types: desktop|autostart|trash|document

--install type

Prefix to install resource files to

Examples

Print the top-level KDE installation directory:

% kde4-config --prefix

Print a list of all resource types:

% kde4-config --types

Print the installed wallpaper path:

% kde4-config --path wallpaper

See Also

kdeoptions(7)

Bugs

None known​.

Author

Stephan Kulow <​coolo@kde​.org​>

Author.

Info

2007-09-28 K Desktop Environment KDE User's Manual