source: general/genlib/apr.xml@ 31d2934

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY apr-download-http
  "http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-&apr-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY apr-download-ftp
  "ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.apache.org/apr/apr-&apr-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY apr-md5sum        "ce2ab01a0c3cdb71cf0a6326b8654f41">
  <!ENTITY apr-size          "760 KB">
  <!ENTITY apr-buildsize     "14 MB">
  <!ENTITY apr-time          "0.2 SBU (1.4 with tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="apr" xreflabel="Apr-&apr-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="apr.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Apr-&apr-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="apr">
    <primary sortas="a-apr">Apr</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Apr</title>

    <para>
      The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a supporting library for the
      Apache web server. It provides a set of application programming interfaces
      (APIs) that map to the underlying Operating System (OS). Where the OS
      doesn't support a particular function, APR will provide an emulation. Thus
      programmers can use the APR to make a program portable across different
      platforms.
    </para>

    &lfs74_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&apr-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&apr-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &apr-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &apr-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &apr-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &apr-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/apr"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Apr</title>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure -&#45;prefix=/usr -&#45;disable-static \
  -&#45;with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr-1/build &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>-&#45;disable-static</option>: This stops it from compiling a static
      version of <filename class="libraryfile">libapr-1</filename>.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>apr-1-config</seg>
        <seg>libapr-1.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/apr-1 and /usr/share/apr-1</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="apr-1-config">
        <term><command>apr-1-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a shell script used to retrieve information about the apr
            library in the system. It is typically used to compile and link
            against the library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="apr apr-1-config">
            <primary sortas="b-apr-1-config">apr-1-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libapr-1">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libapr-1.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Apache Portable Runtime library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="apr libapr-1">
            <primary sortas="c-libapr-1">libapr-1.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>