source: archive/gcab.xml

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gcab-download-http
           "&gnome-download-http;/gcab/0.7/gcab-&gcab-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gcab-download-ftp
           "&gnome-download-ftp;/gcab/0.7/gcab-&gcab-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gcab-md5sum        "d8c54c340e56d0b6a8fe082fd04d8090">
  <!ENTITY gcab-size          "328 KB">
  <!ENTITY gcab-buildsize     "5.2 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY gcab-time          "0.1 SBU (with tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="gcab" xreflabel="gcab-&gcab-version;" revision="systemd">
  <?dbhtml filename="gcab.html"?>


  <title>gcab-&gcab-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gcab">
    <primary sortas="a-gcab">gcab</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Gcab</title>

    <para>
      The <application>Gcab</application> package contains a
      program and a library used to create Microsoft cabinet
      (.cab) archives.
    </para>

    &lfs81_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gcab-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gcab-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &gcab-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &gcab-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &gcab-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &gcab-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="glib2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gcab"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Gcab</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Gcab</application> by running
      the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gcab
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libgcab-1.0.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libgcab-1.0 and
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gcab
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gcab-prog">
        <term><command>gcab</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a program used to create Microsoft cabinet
            (.cab) archives.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gcab gcab-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gcab">gcab</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgcab-1.0">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgcab-1.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains API functions for creating Microsoft
            cabinet (.cab) archives.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gcab libgcab-1.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgcab-1.0">libgcab-1.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>