source: general/genlib/expat.xml@ 4c77a949

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY expat-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/expat/expat-&expat-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY expat-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY expat-md5sum        "ee8b492592568805593f81f8cdf2a04c">
  <!ENTITY expat-size          "446 KB">
  <!ENTITY expat-buildsize     "6 MB">
  <!ENTITY expat-time          "0.1 SBU">
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<sect1 id="expat" xreflabel="expat-&expat-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="expat.html"?>

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

  <title>Expat-&expat-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="expat">
    <primary sortas="a-Expat">Expat</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>Expat</application> package contains a stream oriented
    C library for parsing XML.</para>

    &lfs71_checked;

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/expat-&expat-version;-fixes-3.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../expat-&expat-version;-fixes-3.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/expat-&expat-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/*.{html,png,css} /usr/share/doc/expat-&expat-version;</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command> as an
    unprivileged user. Note this must be done after the package is
    installed.</para>

  </sect2>

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

    <para><option>--disable-static</option>: This switch prevents the
    static library in this package being built and installed.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xmlwf</seg>
        <seg>libexpat.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/doc/expat-&expat-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="xmlwf">
        <term><command>xmlwf</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a non-validating utility to check whether or not
          XML documents are well formed.</para>
          <indexterm zone="expat xmlwf">
            <primary sortas="b-xmlwf">xmlwf</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libexpat">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libexpat.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains API functions for parsing XML.</para>
          <indexterm zone="expat libexpat">
            <primary sortas="c-libexpat">libexpat.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>