[f894c6ab] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[0d7900a] | 7 | <!ENTITY libosinfo-download-http
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[f894c6ab] | 8 | "https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/libosinfo/libosinfo-&libosinfo-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libosinfo-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libosinfo-md5sum "2af9ba79b3f202032be45d2e6ed7b6e1">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libosinfo-size "964 KB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libosinfo-buildsize "15 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY libosinfo-time "0.2 SBU">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="libosinfo" xreflabel="libosinfo-&libosinfo-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="libosinfo.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>libosinfo-&libosinfo-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="libosinfo">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-libosinfo">libosinfo</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to libosinfo</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 33 | The <application>libosinfo</application> package is a GObject
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| 34 | based library for managing information about operating systems,
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[f894c6ab] | 35 | hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can support.
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| 36 | </para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | &lfs70_checked;
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>
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| 44 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libosinfo-download-http;"/>
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libosinfo-download-ftp;"/>
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download MD5 sum: &libosinfo-md5sum;
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Download size: &libosinfo-size;
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| 60 | </para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Estimated disk space required: &libosinfo-buildsize;
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| 65 | </para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>
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| 69 | Estimated build time: &libosinfo-time;
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| 70 | </para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | </itemizedlist>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libosinfo Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 77 | <para role="required">
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| 78 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/> (built with GNOME components).
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| 79 | </para>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 82 | <para role="recommended">
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| 83 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
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| 84 | <xref linkend="vala"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="optional">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="check"/> (required for the test suite) and
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| 90 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 94 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libosinfo"/>
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 99 | <title>Installation of libosinfo</title>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>
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| 102 | Install <application>libosinfo</application> by running the following
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| 103 | commands:
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 107 | --enable-vala \
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| 108 | --disable-static &&
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| 109 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>
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| 112 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 113 | </para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <para>
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| 116 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 117 | </para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 120 | </sect2>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 123 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>
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| 126 | <option>--enable-vala</option>: This option enables
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| 127 | building of the Vala bindings. Remove if you don't have
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| 128 | <xref linkend="vala"/> installed.
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| 129 | </para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 132 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 135 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | </sect2>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 140 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <segmentedlist>
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| 143 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 144 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 145 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <seglistitem>
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| 148 | <seg>
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| 149 | osinfo-db-validate, osinfo-detect and osinfo-query
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| 150 | </seg>
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| 151 | <seg>
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| 152 | libosinfo-1.0.so
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| 153 | </seg>
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| 154 | <seg>
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| 155 | /usr/include/libosinfo-1.0,
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| 156 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/Libosinfo and
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| 157 | /usr/share/libosinfo
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| 158 | </seg>
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| 159 | </seglistitem>
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| 160 | </segmentedlist>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <variablelist>
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| 163 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 164 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 165 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <varlistentry id="osinfo-db-validate">
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| 168 | <term><command>osinfo-db-validate</command></term>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 171 | is used to check if all XML files comply with
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[f894c6ab] | 172 | the libosinfo schema.
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| 173 | </para>
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| 174 | <indexterm zone="libosinfo osinfo-db-validate">
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| 175 | <primary sortas="b-osinfo-db-validate">osinfo-db-validate</primary>
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| 176 | </indexterm>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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| 178 | </varlistentry>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <varlistentry id="osinfo-detect">
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| 181 | <term><command>osinfo-detect</command></term>
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| 182 | <listitem>
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| 183 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 184 | is used to examine the "PATH" or "URI" to
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| 185 | determine what (if any) operating system it
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| 186 | is for, and whether it is installable or is
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[f894c6ab] | 187 | a Live image.
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| 188 | </para>
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="libosinfo osinfo-detect">
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| 190 | <primary sortas="b-osinfo-detect">osinfo-detect</primary>
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| 191 | </indexterm>
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| 192 | </listitem>
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| 193 | </varlistentry>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="osinfo-query">
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| 196 | <term><command>osinfo-query</command></term>
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>
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| 199 | is used to extract information from the database.
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| 200 | </para>
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| 201 | <indexterm zone="libosinfo osinfo-query">
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| 202 | <primary sortas="b-osinfo-query">osinfo-query</primary>
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| 203 | </indexterm>
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| 204 | </listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <varlistentry id="libosinfo-1.0">
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| 208 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libosinfo-1.0.so</filename></term>
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| 209 | <listitem>
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| 210 | <para>
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| 211 | contains the libosinfo API functions.
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| 212 | </para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="libosinfo libosinfo-1.0">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="c-libosinfo-1.0">libosinfo-1.0.so</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | </variablelist>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | </sect2>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | </sect1>
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