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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[a8e7b725] | 7 | <!ENTITY icu-download-http "http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/&icu-version;/icu4c-4_8_1_1-src.tgz">
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[627a4af] | 8 | <!ENTITY icu-download-ftp " ">
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[a8e7b725] | 9 | <!ENTITY icu-md5sum "ea93970a0275be6b42f56953cd332c17">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY icu-size "18 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY icu-buildsize "245 MB (+ 20MB if running the testsuite)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY icu-time "2.2 SBU (+ 2.6 SBU if running the testsuite)">
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[627a4af] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="icu" xreflabel="ICU-&icu-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="icu.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>ICU-&icu-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="icu">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-ICU">ICU</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to ICU</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>ICU</application> package is a mature, widely used
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| 33 | set of C/C++ libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for
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| 34 | software applications. <application>ICU</application> is widely portable and
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| 35 | gives applications the same results on all platforms.</para>
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| 36 |
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[a8e7b725] | 37 | &lfs70_checked;
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[bd32b6fd] | 38 |
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[627a4af] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&icu-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&icu-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &icu-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &icu-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &icu-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &icu-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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| 60 |
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[236b13f] | 61 | <!--<bridgehead renderas="sect3">ICU Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[627a4af] | 62 |
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[236b13f] | 63 | Commenting this because the layout sample (only thing using these) isn't
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[a8e7b725] | 64 | built by default, the instructions in the readme.html are not correct (make
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| 65 | all doesn't build it), and running it requires non-standard fonts
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[627a4af] | 66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (To build the sample code)</bridgehead>
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| 67 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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| 68 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>, and
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| 69 | <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/></para>
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| 70 | <para>See readme.txt under the source/samples directory for further
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[a8e7b725] | 71 | details.</para> -->
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[627a4af] | 72 |
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| 73 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 74 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/icu"/></para>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | </sect2>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 79 | <title>Installation of ICU</title>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <para>Install <application>ICU</application> by running the following
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| 82 | commands:</para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <screen><userinput>cd source &&
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[a8e7b725] | 85 | <!-- chmod +x runConfigureICU configure install-sh && -->
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[627a4af] | 86 | ./runConfigureICU Linux --prefix=/usr &&
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| 87 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 88 |
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[a8e7b725] | 89 | <para>On at least x86_64, the testsuite ends with a segmentation fault, and
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| 90 | therefore reports an error in cintltest and ends in error. If you nevertheless
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| 91 | wish to test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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[627a4af] | 92 |
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| 93 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | </sect2>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 100 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <segmentedlist>
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| 103 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 104 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 105 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <seglistitem>
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| 108 | <seg>derb, genbrk, gencfu, gencnval, genctd, genrb, icu-config,
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[a8e7b725] | 109 | makeconv, pkgdata, and uconv</seg>
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[627a4af] | 110 | <seg>libicudata.so, libicui18n.so, libicuio.so, libicule.so,
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| 111 | libiculx.so, libicutu.so, and libicuuc.so</seg>
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| 112 | <seg>/usr/{include/{layout,unicode},lib/icu/&icu-version;,
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| 113 | share/icu/&icu-version;/config}</seg>
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| 114 | </seglistitem>
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| 115 | </segmentedlist>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <variablelist>
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| 118 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 119 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 120 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <varlistentry id="derb">
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| 123 | <term><command>derb</command></term>
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>disassembles a resource bundle.</para>
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| 126 | <indexterm zone="icu derb">
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| 127 | <primary sortas="b-derb">derb</primary>
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| 128 | </indexterm>
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| 129 | </listitem>
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| 130 | </varlistentry>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <varlistentry id="genbrk">
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| 133 | <term><command>genbrk</command></term>
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>compiles ICU break iteration rules source files into binary data
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| 136 | files.</para>
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="icu genbrk">
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| 138 | <primary sortas="b-genbrk">genbrk</primary>
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| 139 | </indexterm>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <!--<varlistentry id="gencfu">
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| 144 | <term><command>gencfu</command></term>
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| 145 | <listitem>
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| 146 | <para>does this .....</para>
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| 147 | <indexterm zone="icu gencfu">
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| 148 | <primary sortas="b-gencfu">gencfu</primary>
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| 149 | </indexterm>
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| 150 | </listitem>
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| 151 | </varlistentry>-->
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <varlistentry id="gencnval">
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| 154 | <term><command>gencnval</command></term>
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>compiles the converters aliases file.</para>
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| 157 | <indexterm zone="icu gencnval">
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| 158 | <primary sortas="b-gencnval">gencnval</primary>
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| 159 | </indexterm>
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| 160 | </listitem>
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| 161 | </varlistentry>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <varlistentry id="genctd">
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| 164 | <term><command>genctd</command></term>
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| 165 | <listitem>
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| 166 | <para>compiles word list into ICU compact trie dictionary.</para>
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| 167 | <indexterm zone="icu genctd">
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| 168 | <primary sortas="b-genctd">genctd</primary>
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| 169 | </indexterm>
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| 170 | </listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <varlistentry id="genrb">
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| 174 | <term><command>genrb</command></term>
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| 175 | <listitem>
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| 176 | <para>compile a resource bundle.</para>
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| 177 | <indexterm zone="icu genrb">
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| 178 | <primary sortas="b-genrb">genrb</primary>
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| 179 | </indexterm>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="icu-config">
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| 184 | <term><command>icu-config</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>outputs ICU build options.</para>
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| 187 | <indexterm zone="icu icu-config">
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| 188 | <primary sortas="b-icu-config">icu-config</primary>
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| 189 | </indexterm>
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| 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 | </varlistentry>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <varlistentry id="makeconv">
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| 194 | <term><command>makeconv</command></term>
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| 195 | <listitem>
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| 196 | <para>compiles a converter table.</para>
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| 197 | <indexterm zone="icu makeconv">
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| 198 | <primary sortas="b-makeconv">makeconv</primary>
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| 199 | </indexterm>
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| 200 | </listitem>
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| 201 | </varlistentry>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <varlistentry id="pkgdata">
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| 204 | <term><command>pkgdata</command></term>
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>packages data for use by ICU.</para>
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| 207 | <indexterm zone="icu pkgdata">
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| 208 | <primary sortas="b-pkgdata">pkgdata</primary>
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| 209 | </indexterm>
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| 210 | </listitem>
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| 211 | </varlistentry>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <varlistentry id="uconv">
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| 214 | <term><command>uconv</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>converts data from one encoding to another.</para>
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| 217 | <indexterm zone="icu uconv">
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| 218 | <primary sortas="b-uconv">uconv</primary>
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| 219 | </indexterm>
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| 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 | </varlistentry>
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| 222 |
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[a8e7b725] | 223 | <!--<varlistentry id="genccode">
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[627a4af] | 224 | <term><command>genccode</command></term>
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| 225 | <listitem>
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| 226 | <para>generates C or platform specific assembly code from an ICU data
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| 227 | file.</para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="icu genccode">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-genccode">genccode</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="gencmn">
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| 235 | <term><command>gencmn</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>generates an ICU memory-mappable data file.</para>
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| 238 | <indexterm zone="icu gencmn">
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| 239 | <primary sortas="b-gencmn">gencmn</primary>
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| 240 | </indexterm>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <varlistentry id="gensprep">
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| 245 | <term><command>gensprep</command></term>
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| 246 | <listitem>
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| 247 | <para>compiles StringPrep data from files filtered by
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| 248 | filterRFC3454.pl.</para>
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| 249 | <indexterm zone="icu gensprep">
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| 250 | <primary sortas="b-gensprep">gensprep</primary>
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| 251 | </indexterm>
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| 252 | </listitem>
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| 253 | </varlistentry>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <varlistentry id="genuca">
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| 256 | <term><command>genuca</command></term>
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| 257 | <listitem>
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| 258 | <para>creates the UCA data table.</para>
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="icu genuca">
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| 260 | <primary sortas="b-genuca">genuca</primary>
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| 261 | </indexterm>
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| 262 | </listitem>
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| 263 | </varlistentry>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <varlistentry id="icupkg">
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| 266 | <term><command>icupkg</command></term>
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| 267 | <listitem>
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| 268 | <para>extracts or modifies an ICU .dat archive.</para>
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| 269 | <indexterm zone="icu icupkg">
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| 270 | <primary sortas="b-icupkg">icupkg</primary>
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| 271 | </indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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[a8e7b725] | 273 | </varlistentry>-->
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[627a4af] | 274 |
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| 275 | <varlistentry id="libicudata">
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[099ebaf] | 276 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicudata.so</filename></term>
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[627a4af] | 277 | <listitem>
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| 278 | <para>is the data library.</para>
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| 279 | <indexterm zone="icu libicudata">
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[099ebaf] | 280 | <primary sortas="c-libicudata">libicudata.so</primary>
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[627a4af] | 281 | </indexterm>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <varlistentry id="libicui18n">
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[099ebaf] | 286 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicui18n.so</filename></term>
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[627a4af] | 287 | <listitem>
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| 288 | <para>is the internationalization (i18n) library.</para>
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| 289 | <indexterm zone="icu libicui18n">
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[099ebaf] | 290 | <primary sortas="c-libicui18n">libicui18n.so</primary>
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[627a4af] | 291 | </indexterm>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 | </varlistentry>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <varlistentry id="libicuio">
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[099ebaf] | 296 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicuio.so</filename></term>
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[627a4af] | 297 | <listitem>
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| 298 | <para>is the ICU I/O (unicode stdio) library.</para>
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| 299 | <indexterm zone="icu libicuio">
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[099ebaf] | 300 | <primary sortas="c-libicuio">libicuio.so</primary>
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[627a4af] | 301 | </indexterm>
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| 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <varlistentry id="libicule">
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[099ebaf] | 306 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicule.so</filename></term>
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[627a4af] | 307 | <listitem>
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| 308 | <para>is the layout engine.</para>
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| 309 | <indexterm zone="icu libicule">
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[099ebaf] | 310 | <primary sortas="c-libicule">libicule.so</primary>
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[627a4af] | 311 | </indexterm>
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| 312 | </listitem>
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| 313 | </varlistentry>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <varlistentry id="libiculx">
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[099ebaf] | 316 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libiculx.so</filename></term>
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[627a4af] | 317 | <listitem>
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| 318 | <para>is the layout extensions engine.</para>
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| 319 | <indexterm zone="icu libiculx">
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[099ebaf] | 320 | <primary sortas="c-libiculx">libiculx.so</primary>
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[627a4af] | 321 | </indexterm>
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| 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 | </varlistentry>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <varlistentry id="libicutu">
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[099ebaf] | 326 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicutu.so</filename></term>
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[627a4af] | 327 | <listitem>
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| 328 | <para>is the tool utility library.</para>
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| 329 | <indexterm zone="icu libicutu">
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[099ebaf] | 330 | <primary sortas="c-libicutu">libicutu.so</primary>
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[627a4af] | 331 | </indexterm>
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| 332 | </listitem>
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| 333 | </varlistentry>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | <varlistentry id="libicuuc">
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[099ebaf] | 336 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicuuc.so</filename></term>
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[627a4af] | 337 | <listitem>
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| 338 | <para>is the common library.</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="icu libicuuc">
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[099ebaf] | 340 | <primary sortas="c-libicuuc">libicuuc.so</primary>
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[627a4af] | 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | </variablelist>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | </sect2>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | </sect1>
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