%general-entities; ]> $Date$ libosinfo-&libosinfo-version; libosinfo Introduction to libosinfo The libosinfo package is a GObject based library for managing information about operating systems, hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can support. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libosinfo-md5sum; Download size: &libosinfo-size; Estimated disk space required: &libosinfo-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libosinfo-time; libosinfo Dependencies Required (built with GNOME components). Recommended and Optional (required for the test suite) and User Notes: Installation of libosinfo Install libosinfo by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-vala \ --disable-static && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations : This option enables building of the Vala bindings. Remove if you don't have installed. Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories osinfo-db-validate, osinfo-detect and osinfo-query libosinfo-1.0.so /usr/include/libosinfo-1.0, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/Libosinfo and /usr/share/libosinfo Short Descriptions osinfo-db-validate is used to check if all XML files comply with the libosinfo schema. osinfo-db-validate osinfo-detect is used to examine the "PATH" or "URI" to determine what (if any) operating system it is for, and whether it is installable or is a Live image. osinfo-detect osinfo-query is used to extract information from the database. osinfo-query libosinfo-1.0.so contains the libosinfo API functions. libosinfo-1.0.so