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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY libgda-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/libgda/5.0/libgda-&libgda-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY libgda-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/libgda/5.0/libgda-&libgda-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY libgda-md5sum "58efdf8f727b5a0b1e5fb35d19ee76a7">
10 <!ENTITY libgda-size "11 MB">
11 <!ENTITY libgda-buildsize "196 MB">
12 <!ENTITY libgda-time "3.8 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="libgda" xreflabel="libgda-&libgda-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="libgda.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>libgda-&libgda-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="libgda">
22 <primary sortas="a-libgda">libgda</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to libgda</title>
27
28 <para>
29 The <application>libgda</application> package provides a database access
30 library for the <application>GNOME</application> project.
31 </para>
32
33 &lfs70_checked;
34
35 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
36 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
37 <listitem>
38 <para>
39 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libgda-download-http;"/>
40 </para>
41 </listitem>
42 <listitem>
43 <para>
44 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libgda-download-ftp;"/>
45 </para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>
49 Download MD5 sum: &libgda-md5sum;
50 </para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>
54 Download size: &libgda-size;
55 </para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Estimated disk space required: &libgda-buildsize;
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Estimated build time: &libgda-time;
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 </itemizedlist>
68
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libgda Dependencies</bridgehead>
70
71 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
72 <para role="required">
73 <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
74 <xref linkend="intltool"/> and
75 <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
76 </para>
77
78 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
79 <para role="recommended">
80 <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
81 <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
82 <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
83 <xref linkend="libgnome-keyring"/>,
84 <xref linkend="libsoup"/>,
85 <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
86 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
87 <xref linkend="vala"/>
88 </para>
89
90 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
91 <para role="optional">
92 <xref linkend="db"/>,
93 <ulink url="http://www.firebirdsql.org/">firebird</ulink>,
94 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
95 <xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
96 <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
97 <xref linkend="mysql"/>,
98 <xref linkend="openldap"/> and
99 <xref linkend="postgresql"/>
100 </para>
101
102 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
103 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libgda"/>
104 </para>
105 </sect2>
106
107 <sect2 role="installation">
108 <title>Installation of libgda</title>
109
110 <para>
111 Install <application>libgda</application> by running the following
112 commands:
113 </para>
114
115<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
116 --sysconfdir=/etc \
117 --enable-system-sqlite &amp;&amp;
118make</userinput></screen>
119
120 <para>
121 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note that the
122 output is voluminous, and some tests appear to need the package to have been
123 installed.
124 </para>
125
126 <para>
127 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
128 </para>
129
130<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
131
132 </sect2>
133
134 <sect2 role="commands">
135
136 <title>Command Explanations</title>
137
138 <para>
139 <option>--enable-system-sqlite</option>: use the system version of
140 <application>Sqlite3</application>. Note that you must have compiled
141 <application>Sqlite3</application> with -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
142 otherwise the internal version will be used.
143 </para>
144
145 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
146 href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
147
148 </sect2>
149
150 <sect2 role="content">
151 <title>Contents</title>
152
153 <segmentedlist>
154 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
155 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
156 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
157
158 <seglistitem>
159 <seg>
160 gda-browser-5.0, gda-control-center-5.0, gda-list-config-5.0,
161 gda-list-jdbc-providers-5.0, gda-list-server-op-5.0,
162 gda-sql-5.0, gda-test-connection-5.0 and gdaui-demo-5.0
163 </seg>
164 <seg>
165 libgda-5.0.so, libgda-report-5.0.so, libgda-ui-5.0.so and
166 libgda-xslt-5.0.so
167 </seg>
168 <seg>
169 /etc/libgda-5.0,
170 /usr/include/libgda-5.0,
171 /usr/lib/libgda-5.0,
172 /usr/share/gnome/help/{gda-browser,gda-sql},
173 /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{gda-browser,libgda-5.0} and
174 /usr/share/libgda-5.0
175 </seg>
176 </seglistitem>
177 </segmentedlist>
178
179 <variablelist>
180 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
181 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
182 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
183
184 <varlistentry id="gda-browser-5.0">
185 <term><command>gda-browser-5.0</command></term>
186 <listitem>
187 <para>
188 is a graphical tool to provide a quick access to a database's
189 structure and contents.
190 </para>
191 <indexterm zone="libgda gda-browser-5.0">
192 <primary sortas="b-gda-browser-5.0">gda-browser-5.0</primary>
193 </indexterm>
194 </listitem>
195 </varlistentry>
196
197 <varlistentry id="gda-control-center-5.0">
198 <term><command>gda-control-center-5.0</command></term>
199 <listitem>
200 <para>
201 is a configuration tool for <application>libgda</application>.
202 </para>
203 <indexterm zone="libgda gda-control-center-5.0">
204 <primary sortas="b-gda-control-center-5.0">gda-control-center-5.0</primary>
205 </indexterm>
206 </listitem>
207 </varlistentry>
208
209 <varlistentry id="gda-list-config-5.0">
210 <term><command>gda-list-config-5.0</command></term>
211 <listitem>
212 <para>
213 lists all the declared data sources and all the installed providers.
214 </para>
215 <indexterm zone="libgda gda-list-config-5.0">
216 <primary sortas="b-gda-list-config-5.0">gda-list-config-5.0</primary>
217 </indexterm>
218 </listitem>
219 </varlistentry>
220
221 <varlistentry id="gda-list-server-op-5.0">
222 <term><command>gda-list-server-op-5.0</command></term>
223 <listitem>
224 <para>
225 lists available DDL operations for one or all of the installed providers.
226 </para>
227 <indexterm zone="libgda gda-list-server-op-5.0">
228 <primary sortas="b-gda-list-server-op-5.0">gda-list-server-op-5.0</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="gda-sql-5.0">
234 <term><command>gda-sql-5.0</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>
237 is an interactive commandline tool used to run SQL commands.
238 </para>
239 <indexterm zone="libgda gda-sql-5.0">
240 <primary sortas="b-gda-sql-5.0">gda-sql-5.0</primary>
241 </indexterm>
242 </listitem>
243 </varlistentry>
244
245 <varlistentry id="gda-test-connection-5.0">
246 <term><command>gda-test-connection-5.0</command></term>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>
249 is a 'ping' like tool to test connectivity to databases.
250 </para>
251 <indexterm zone="libgda gda-test-connection-5.0">
252 <primary sortas="b-gda-test-connection-5.0">gda-test-connection-5.0</primary>
253 </indexterm>
254 </listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
256
257 <varlistentry id="libgda-5">
258 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgda-5.0.so</filename></term>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>
261 is the <application>GNOME</application> Data Access library.
262 </para>
263 <indexterm zone="libgda libgda-5">
264 <primary sortas="c-libgda-5">libgda-5.0.so</primary>
265 </indexterm>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry id="libgda-ui-5">
270 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgda-ui-5.0.so</filename></term>
271 <listitem>
272 <para>
273 is the GDA UI extension.
274 </para>
275 <indexterm zone="libgda libgda-ui-5">
276 <primary sortas="c-libgda-ui-5">libgda-ui-5.0.so</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278 </listitem>
279 </varlistentry>
280
281 <varlistentry id="libgda-xslt-5">
282 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgda-xslt-5.0.so</filename></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>
285 is the GDA XSLT extension.
286 </para>
287 <indexterm zone="libgda libgda-xslt-5">
288 <primary sortas="c-libgda-xslt-5">libgda-xslt-5.0.so</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 </variablelist>
294
295 </sect2>
296
297</sect1>
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