source: basicnet/netlibs/libsoup.xml@ 52290884

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  <!ENTITY libsoup-size          "365 KB">
  <!ENTITY libsoup-buildsize     "13 MB">
  <!ENTITY libsoup-time          "0.41 SBU">
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<sect1 id="libsoup" xreflabel="libsoup-&libsoup-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="libsoup.html"?>
<title>libsoup-&libsoup-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>libsoup</application></title>

<para>The <application>libsoup</application> package contains an
<acronym>HTTP</acronym> library implementation in
<application>C</application>.  This is useful for accessing
<acronym>HTTP</acronym> servers in a completely asynchronous mode.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libsoup-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libsoup-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &libsoup-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &libsoup-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &libsoup-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>libsoup</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="GLib2"/> and
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, 
<xref linkend="docbook-utils"/> and 
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink> (which
needs <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgpg-error/">libgpg-error</ulink>,
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/">libgcrypt</ulink> and
<ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/gnutls/opencdk/">opencdk</ulink>,
in that order.)
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>libsoup</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>Some versions of <application>GnuTLS</application> will cause the 
<application>libsoup</application> build to fail. You can use the following
<command>sed</command> command before the build to fix this problem.</para>
</note>

<screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s@status \&amp; GNUTLS_CERT_CORRUPTED ||@/* status \&amp; GNUTLS_CERT_CORRUPTED || */@" \
    libsoup/soup-gnutls.c</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>libsoup</application> package contains 
<filename class="libraryfile">libsoup</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libsoup libraries</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libsoup</filename> libraries provide functions for
asynchronous <acronym>HTTP</acronym> connections.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>