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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[f45b1953] | 8 | <chapter id="general-genlib">
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[03735e97] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="genlib.html"?>
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[8e75f8b9] | 10 |
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[03735e97] | 11 | <title>General Libraries</title>
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[8e75f8b9] | 12 |
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[d56e7df] | 13 | <para>
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| 14 | Libraries contain code which is often required by more than
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| 15 | one program. This has the advantage that each program doesn't need to
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| 16 | duplicate code (and risk introducing bugs), it just has to call
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| 17 | functions from the libraries installed on the system. The most obvious
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| 18 | example of a set of libraries is <application>Glibc</application> which is
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| 19 | installed during the LFS book. This contains all of the
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| 20 | <application>C</application> library functions which programs use.
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| 21 | </para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>
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| 24 | There are two types of libraries: static and shared. Shared libraries
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| 25 | (usually <filename>libXXX.so</filename>) are loaded into memory from the
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| 26 | shared copy at runtime (hence the name). Static libraries (<filename>
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| 27 | libXXX.a</filename>) are actually linked into the program executable file
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| 28 | itself, thus making the program file larger. Quite often, you will find
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| 29 | both static and shared copies of the same library on your system.
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| 30 | </para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | Generally, you only need to install libraries when you are
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| 34 | installing software that needs the functionality they supply. In
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| 35 | the BLFS book, each package is presented with a list of (known)
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| 36 | dependencies. Thus, you can figure out which libraries you need to have
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| 37 | before installing that program. If you are installing something without
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| 38 | using BLFS instructions, usually the <filename>README</filename> or
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| 39 | <filename>INSTALL</filename> file will contain
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| 40 | details of the program's requirements.
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| 41 | </para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>
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| 44 | There are certain libraries which nearly <emphasis>everyone</emphasis> will
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| 45 | need at some point. In this chapter these and some others are listed and
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| 46 | it is explained why you may want to install them.
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| 47 | </para>
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[8e75f8b9] | 48 |
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[7745258b] | 49 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="abseil-cpp.xml"/>
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[fa559f1] | 50 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="appstream.xml"/>
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[fa3dc9c] | 51 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="appstream-glib.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 52 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="apr.xml"/>
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[5851e54] | 53 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="apr-util.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 54 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="aspell.xml"/>
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| 55 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="boost.xml"/>
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[47d5a9e5] | 56 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="brotli.xml"/>
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[7f5a5884] | 57 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="clucene.xml"/>
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[ae96c4b] | 58 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="dbus-glib.xml"/>
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[b8ff9ea] | 59 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="double-conversion.xml"/>
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[f401faa6] | 60 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="duktape.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 61 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="enchant.xml"/>
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| 62 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="exempi.xml"/>
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[0e6052db] | 63 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="fftw.xml"/>
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[99947ff] | 64 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="fmt.xml"/>
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[ce9b131] | 65 |
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[6e0271fd] | 66 | <!-- systemd only -->
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| 67 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gcab.xml"/> -->
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[ce9b131] | 68 |
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[e05cd03f] | 69 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="glib2.xml"/>
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| 70 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="glibmm.xml"/>
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[763f67a] | 71 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="glibmm2.xml"/>
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[bd17317] | 72 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gmime.xml"/> -->
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| 73 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gmime3.xml"/>
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[9c0463d] | 74 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="grantlee.xml"/> -->
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[37bea21] | 75 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gsl.xml"/>
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[3c2936fe] | 76 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gspell.xml"/>
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[ea9a250] | 77 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="highway.xml"/>
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[e05cd03f] | 78 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="icu.xml"/>
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[6aa48d38] | 79 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="inih.xml"/>
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[3ff0fa0] | 80 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="intel-gmmlib.xml"/>
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[d6d0a2cb] | 81 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="jansson.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 82 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="json-c.xml"/>
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| 83 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="json-glib.xml"/>
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| 84 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="keyutils.xml"/>
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[3c9ec7c] | 85 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="kirigami-addons.xml"/>
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[3964f59] | 86 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libaio.xml"/>
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[5851e54] | 87 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libarchive.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 88 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libassuan.xml"/>
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| 89 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libatasmart.xml"/>
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[b779049] | 90 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libatomic_ops.xml"/>
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[6dcb9e77] | 91 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libblockdev.xml"/>
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| 92 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libbytesize.xml"/>
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[c10629e] | 93 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libclc.xml"/>
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[68a229a7] | 94 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libcloudproviders.xml"/>
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[2c80efe] | 95 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libcroco.xml"/>-->
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[18958f2e] | 96 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libdbusmenuqt.xml"/> -->
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[7ded7e3] | 97 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libdaemon.xml"/>
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[c24a5da0] | 98 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libdisplay-info.xml"/>
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[60ddbaf] | 99 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libdbusmenuqt.xml"/> -->
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[9cb3c66d] | 100 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libesmtp.xml"/> -->
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[60ddbaf] | 101 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libffi.xml"/>-->
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[e05cd03f] | 102 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libgcrypt.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 103 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libgpg-error.xml"/>
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[3cf21db] | 104 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libgrss.xml"/>-->
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[7ded7e3] | 105 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libgsf.xml"/>
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[f175d6f6] | 106 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libgudev.xml"/>
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[d6da5da] | 107 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libgusb.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 108 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libical.xml"/>
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| 109 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libidn.xml"/>
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[531f138] | 110 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libidn2.xml"/>
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[b29fc64] | 111 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libiodbc.xml"/> -->
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[e05cd03f] | 112 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libksba.xml"/>
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[d2bd92f] | 113 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="liblinear.xml"/>
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[ce9b131] | 114 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libmbim.xml"/>
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[1e12131] | 115 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libnvme.xml"/>
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[539d7c54] | 116 |
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| 117 | <!-- systemd only -->
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[1b2b8eb2] | 118 | <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libnfsidmap.xml"/>-->
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[ce9b131] | 119 |
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[1ecdb18] | 120 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libpaper.xml"/>
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[ec6047d8] | 121 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libportal.xml"/>
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[5431aad] | 122 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libptytty.xml"/>
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[f36ab176] | 123 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libqalculate.xml"/>
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[ce9b131] | 124 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libqmi.xml"/>
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| 125 |
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[11f3b7e] | 126 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libseccomp.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 127 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libsigc++.xml"/>
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[10221b88] | 128 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libsigc++3.xml"/>
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[c1d180b] | 129 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libsigc3.xml"/>-->
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[55d7adc] | 130 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libsigsegv.xml"/>
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[539d7c54] | 131 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libssh2.xml"/>
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[58102209] | 132 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libstatgrab.xml"/>
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[e05cd03f] | 133 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libtasn1.xml"/>
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[384f06b] | 134 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libuninameslist.xml"/> -->
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[60de0e1] | 135 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libunique.xml"/>-->
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[7ded7e3] | 136 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libunistring.xml"/>
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[aa04882] | 137 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libunwind.xml"/>
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[5431aad] | 138 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="liburcu.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 139 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libusb.xml"/>
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[227b44ff] | 140 | <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libusb-compat.xml"/>-->
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[6eb166fa] | 141 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libuv.xml"/>
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[1c8d0ff] | 142 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libxkbcommon.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 143 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libxml2.xml"/>
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[97cecf5] | 144 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libxmlb.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 145 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libxslt.xml"/>
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[cbd8ed8] | 146 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libwacom.xml"/>
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[b738ceb] | 147 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libyaml.xml"/>
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[ce9b131] | 148 |
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[6e0271fd] | 149 | <!-- systemd only -->
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| 150 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libzeitgeist.xml"/> -->
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[ce9b131] | 151 |
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[c2ab6f4] | 152 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="log4cplus.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 153 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="lzo.xml"/>
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[07c061a6] | 154 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="mtdev.xml"/>
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[4464d405] | 155 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="nodejs.xml"/>
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[439d67f] | 156 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="npth.xml"/>
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[e05cd03f] | 157 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="nspr.xml"/>
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[a12c736d] | 158 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="openobex.xml"/> -->
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[2dbb5526] | 159 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="pcre2.xml"/>
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[7ded7e3] | 160 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="popt.xml"/>
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[f9b304c] | 161 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="protobuf.xml"/>
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[0f8c44b7] | 162 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="protobuf-c.xml"/>
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[4671375] | 163 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="pth.xml"/> -->
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[6e0271fd] | 164 | <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="ptlib.xml"/> -->
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[7ded7e3] | 165 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="qca.xml"/>
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[005a7700] | 166 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="qcoro.xml"/>
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[6e0271fd] | 167 | <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="qjson.xml"/>-->
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[5028839f] | 168 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="spidermonkey.xml"/>
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[82d46cc6] | 169 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="spirv-headers.xml"/>
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[c46031c] | 170 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="spirv-tools.xml"/>
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[a81f3ed] | 171 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="spirv-llvm-translator.xml"/>
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[eeb29511] | 172 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="talloc.xml"/>
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[75fc431] | 173 | <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="telepathy-glib.xml"/>-->
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[fbbe92f] | 174 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="uchardet.xml"/>
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[3609a85] | 175 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="umockdev.xml"/>
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[73808b3] | 176 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="utfcpp.xml"/>
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[f97d5f6] | 177 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="wayland.xml"/>
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[bb59c1a] | 178 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="wayland-protocols.xml"/>
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[15114f7] | 179 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="wv.xml"/>
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[266a547] | 180 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="xapian.xml"/>
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[52d29f7] | 181 |
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[f45b1953] | 182 | </chapter>
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