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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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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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8 | <!ENTITY icu-download-ftp " ">
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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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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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37 | &lfs70_checked;
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38 |
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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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61 | <!--<bridgehead renderas="sect3">ICU Dependencies</bridgehead>
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62 |
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63 | Commenting this because the layout sample (only thing using these) isn't
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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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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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71 | details.</para> -->
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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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85 | <!-- chmod +x runConfigureICU configure install-sh && -->
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86 | ./runConfigureICU Linux --prefix=/usr &&
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87 | make</userinput></screen>
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88 |
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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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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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109 | makeconv, pkgdata, and uconv</seg>
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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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223 | <!--<varlistentry id="genccode">
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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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273 | </varlistentry>-->
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274 |
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275 | <varlistentry id="libicudata">
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276 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicudata.so</filename></term>
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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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280 | <primary sortas="c-libicudata">libicudata.so</primary>
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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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286 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicui18n.so</filename></term>
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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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290 | <primary sortas="c-libicui18n">libicui18n.so</primary>
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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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296 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicuio.so</filename></term>
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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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300 | <primary sortas="c-libicuio">libicuio.so</primary>
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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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306 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicule.so</filename></term>
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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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310 | <primary sortas="c-libicule">libicule.so</primary>
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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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316 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libiculx.so</filename></term>
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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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320 | <primary sortas="c-libiculx">libiculx.so</primary>
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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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326 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicutu.so</filename></term>
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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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330 | <primary sortas="c-libicutu">libicutu.so</primary>
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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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336 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libicuuc.so</filename></term>
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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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340 | <primary sortas="c-libicuuc">libicuuc.so</primary>
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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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