--prefix

reports the package prefix of ncurses .

--exec-prefix

reports the executable prefix of ncurses .

--cflags

reports the C compiler flags needed to compile with ncurses .

--libs

reports the libraries needed to link with ncurses .

--abi-version

reports the ABI version of ncurses .

--mouse-version

reports the mouse-interface version of ncurses .

--bindir

reports the directory containing ncurses programs.

--datadir

reports the directory containing ncurses data.

--includedir

reports the directory containing ncurses header files.

--libdir

reports the directory containing ncurses libraries.

--mandir

reports the directory containing ncurses man pages.

--terminfo

reports the TERMINFO terminfo database path, for example /etc/terminfo .

--terminfo-dirs

reports the TERMINFO_DIRS supplemental search path for the terminfo database, for example /etc/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo .

--termpath

reports the TERMPATH supplemental search path for the termcap database, if support for termcap is configured.

--help

issues a usage message and exits successfully.

--version

issues the release and patch date information of ncurses and exits successfully.