1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 |
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6 | <!ENTITY libsoup-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsoup-&libsoup-version;.tar.bz2">
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7 | <!ENTITY libsoup-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsoup-&libsoup-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY libsoup-md5sum "8132b0bce469affed688c4863702aa41">
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9 | <!ENTITY libsoup-size "403 KB">
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10 | <!ENTITY libsoup-buildsize "9.0 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY libsoup-time "0.32 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="libsoup" xreflabel="libsoup-&libsoup-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="libsoup.html"?>
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20 | <title>libsoup-&libsoup-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Introduction to <application>libsoup</application></title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>The <application>libsoup</application> package contains an
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26 | <acronym>HTTP</acronym> library implementation in
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27 | <application>C</application>. This is useful for accessing
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28 | <acronym>HTTP</acronym> servers in a completely asynchronous mode.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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33 | <ulink url="&libsoup-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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35 | <ulink url="&libsoup-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &libsoup-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download size: &libsoup-size;</para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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39 | &libsoup-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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40 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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41 | &libsoup-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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42 | </sect3>
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43 |
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44 | <sect3><title><application>libsoup</application> dependencies</title>
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45 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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46 | <para><xref linkend="glib2"/> and <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>
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47 | </sect4>
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48 |
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49 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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50 | <para><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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51 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink> (which
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52 | needs <ulink
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53 | url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgpg-error/">libgpg-error</ulink>,
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54 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/">libgcrypt</ulink> and
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55 | <ulink
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56 | url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/gnutls/opencdk/">opencdk</ulink>,
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57 | in that order.)</para>
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58 | </sect4>
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59 | </sect3>
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60 |
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61 | </sect2>
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62 |
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63 | <sect2>
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64 | <title>Installation of <application>libsoup</application></title>
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65 |
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66 | <para>Install <application>libsoup</application> by running the following
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67 | commands:</para>
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68 |
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69 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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70 | make &&
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71 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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72 |
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73 | <!--
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74 | <note><para>Some versions of <application>GnuTLS</application> will cause the
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75 | <application>libsoup</application> build to fail. You can use the following
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76 | <command>sed</command> command before the build to fix this problem.</para>
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77 | </note>
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78 |
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79 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s@status \& GNUTLS_CERT_CORRUPTED ||@/* status \& GNUTLS_CERT_CORRUPTED || */@" \
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80 | libsoup/soup-gnutls.c</command></userinput></screen>
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81 | -->
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82 |
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83 | </sect2>
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84 |
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85 | <sect2>
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86 | <title>Contents</title>
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87 |
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88 | <para>The <application>libsoup</application> package contains
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89 | <filename class="libraryfile">libsoup</filename> libraries.</para>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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94 |
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95 | <sect3><title>libsoup libraries</title>
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96 | <para><filename class="libraryfile">libsoup</filename> libraries provide
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97 | functions for asynchronous <acronym>HTTP</acronym> connections.</para>
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98 | </sect3>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | </sect1>
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103 |
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