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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY icu-download-http
8 "http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/&icu-version;/icu4c-&icu-dl-version;-src.tgz">
9 <!ENTITY icu-download-ftp " ">
10 <!ENTITY icu-md5sum "e844caed8f2ca24c088505b0d6271bc0">
11 <!ENTITY icu-size "24 MB">
12 <!ENTITY icu-buildsize "354 MB (additional 30 MB for the tests)">
13 <!ENTITY icu-time "1.4 SBU (additional 1.9 SBU for the tests)">
14]>
15
16<sect1 id="icu" xreflabel="ICU-&icu-version;">
17 <?dbhtml filename="icu.html"?>
18
19 <sect1info>
20 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
21 <date>$Date$</date>
22 </sect1info>
23
24 <title>ICU-&icu-version;</title>
25
26 <indexterm zone="icu">
27 <primary sortas="a-ICU">ICU</primary>
28 </indexterm>
29
30 <sect2 role="package">
31 <title>Introduction to ICU</title>
32
33 <para>
34 The <application>International Components for Unicode</application> (ICU)
35 package is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ libraries providing Unicode
36 and Globalization support for software applications.
37 <application>ICU</application> is widely portable and gives applications
38 the same results on all platforms.
39 </para>
40
41 &lfs76_checked;
42
43 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
44 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
45 <listitem>
46 <para>
47 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&icu-download-http;"/>
48 </para>
49 </listitem>
50 <listitem>
51 <para>
52 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&icu-download-ftp;"/>
53 </para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>
57 Download MD5 sum: &icu-md5sum;
58 </para>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <para>
62 Download size: &icu-size;
63 </para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>
67 Estimated disk space required: &icu-buildsize;
68 </para>
69 </listitem>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>
72 Estimated build time: &icu-time;
73 </para>
74 </listitem>
75 </itemizedlist>
76
77 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ICU Dependencies</bridgehead>
78
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
80 <para role="optional">
81 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with Clang)
82 </para>
83
84 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
85 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/icu"/>
86 </para>
87 </sect2>
88
89 <sect2 role="installation">
90 <title>Installation of ICU</title>
91
92 <para>
93 Install <application>ICU</application> by running the following commands:
94 </para>
95
96<screen><userinput>cd source &amp;&amp;
97./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
98make</userinput></screen>
99
100 <para>
101 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
102 </para>
103
104 <para>
105 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
106 </para>
107
108<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
109
110 </sect2>
111
112 <sect2 role="content">
113 <title>Contents</title>
114
115 <segmentedlist>
116 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
117 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
118 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
119
120 <seglistitem>
121 <seg>
122 derb, genbrk, genccode, gencfu, gencmn, gencnval, gendict, gennorm2,
123 genrb, gensprep, icu-config, icuinfo, icupkg, makeconv, pkgdata and
124 uconv
125 </seg>
126 <seg>
127 libicudata.so, libicui18n.so, libicuio.so, libicule.so, libiculx.so,
128 libicutest.so, libicutu.so and libicuuc.so
129 </seg>
130 <seg>
131 /usr/include/layout,
132 /usr/include/unicode,
133 /usr/lib/icu and
134 /usr/share/icu
135 </seg>
136 </seglistitem>
137 </segmentedlist>
138
139 <variablelist>
140 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
141 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
142 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
143
144 <varlistentry id="derb">
145 <term><command>derb</command></term>
146 <listitem>
147 <para>
148 disassembles a resource bundle.
149 </para>
150 <indexterm zone="icu derb">
151 <primary sortas="b-derb">derb</primary>
152 </indexterm>
153 </listitem>
154 </varlistentry>
155
156 <varlistentry id="genbrk">
157 <term><command>genbrk</command></term>
158 <listitem>
159 <para>
160 compiles ICU break iteration rules source files into binary data
161 files.
162 </para>
163 <indexterm zone="icu genbrk">
164 <primary sortas="b-genbrk">genbrk</primary>
165 </indexterm>
166 </listitem>
167 </varlistentry>
168
169 <varlistentry id="genccode">
170 <term><command>genccode</command></term>
171 <listitem>
172 <para>
173 generates C or platform specific assembly code from an ICU data
174 file.
175 </para>
176 <indexterm zone="icu genccode">
177 <primary sortas="b-genccode">genccode</primary>
178 </indexterm>
179 </listitem>
180 </varlistentry>
181
182 <varlistentry id="gencfu">
183 <term><command>gencfu</command></term>
184 <listitem>
185 <para>
186 reads in Unicode confusable character definitions and writes out the
187 binary data.
188 </para>
189 <indexterm zone="icu gencfu">
190 <primary sortas="b-gencfu">gencfu</primary>
191 </indexterm>
192 </listitem>
193 </varlistentry>
194
195 <varlistentry id="gencmn">
196 <term><command>gencmn</command></term>
197 <listitem>
198 <para>
199 generates an ICU memory-mappable data file.
200 </para>
201 <indexterm zone="icu gencmn">
202 <primary sortas="b-gencmn">gencmn</primary>
203 </indexterm>
204 </listitem>
205 </varlistentry>
206
207 <varlistentry id="gencnval">
208 <term><command>gencnval</command></term>
209 <listitem>
210 <para>
211 compiles the converter's aliases file.
212 </para>
213 <indexterm zone="icu gencnval">
214 <primary sortas="b-gencnval">gencnval</primary>
215 </indexterm>
216 </listitem>
217 </varlistentry>
218
219 <varlistentry id="gendict">
220 <term><command>gendict</command></term>
221 <listitem>
222 <para>
223 compiles word list into ICU string trie dictionary.
224 </para>
225 <indexterm zone="icu gendict">
226 <primary sortas="b-gendict">gendict</primary>
227 </indexterm>
228 </listitem>
229 </varlistentry>
230
231 <varlistentry id="genrb">
232 <term><command>genrb</command></term>
233 <listitem>
234 <para>
235 compiles a resource bundle.
236 </para>
237 <indexterm zone="icu genrb">
238 <primary sortas="b-genrb">genrb</primary>
239 </indexterm>
240 </listitem>
241 </varlistentry>
242
243 <varlistentry id="gensprep">
244 <term><command>gensprep</command></term>
245 <listitem>
246 <para>
247 compiles StringPrep data from filtered RFC 3454 files.
248 </para>
249 <indexterm zone="icu gensprep">
250 <primary sortas="b-gensprep">gensprep</primary>
251 </indexterm>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry id="icu-config">
256 <term><command>icu-config</command></term>
257 <listitem>
258 <para>
259 outputs ICU build options.
260 </para>
261 <indexterm zone="icu icu-config">
262 <primary sortas="b-icu-config">icu-config</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry id="icuinfo">
268 <term><command>icuinfo</command></term>
269 <listitem>
270 <para>
271 outputs configuration information about the current ICU.
272 </para>
273 <indexterm zone="icu icuinfo">
274 <primary sortas="b-icuinfo">icuinfo</primary>
275 </indexterm>
276 </listitem>
277 </varlistentry>
278
279 <varlistentry id="icupkg">
280 <term><command>icupkg</command></term>
281 <listitem>
282 <para>
283 extracts or modifies an ICU .dat archive.
284 </para>
285 <indexterm zone="icu icupkg">
286 <primary sortas="b-icupkg">icupkg</primary>
287 </indexterm>
288 </listitem>
289 </varlistentry>
290
291 <varlistentry id="makeconv">
292 <term><command>makeconv</command></term>
293 <listitem>
294 <para>
295 compiles a converter table.
296 </para>
297 <indexterm zone="icu makeconv">
298 <primary sortas="b-makeconv">makeconv</primary>
299 </indexterm>
300 </listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302
303 <varlistentry id="pkgdata">
304 <term><command>pkgdata</command></term>
305 <listitem>
306 <para>
307 packages data for use by ICU.
308 </para>
309 <indexterm zone="icu pkgdata">
310 <primary sortas="b-pkgdata">pkgdata</primary>
311 </indexterm>
312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry id="uconv">
316 <term><command>uconv</command></term>
317 <listitem>
318 <para>
319 converts data from one encoding to another.
320 </para>
321 <indexterm zone="icu uconv">
322 <primary sortas="b-uconv">uconv</primary>
323 </indexterm>
324 </listitem>
325 </varlistentry>
326
327 <varlistentry id="libicudata">
328 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicudata.so</filename></term>
329 <listitem>
330 <para>
331 is the data library.
332 </para>
333 <indexterm zone="icu libicudata">
334 <primary sortas="c-libicudata">libicudata.so</primary>
335 </indexterm>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338
339 <varlistentry id="libicui18n">
340 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicui18n.so</filename></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>
343 is the internationalization (i18n) library.
344 </para>
345 <indexterm zone="icu libicui18n">
346 <primary sortas="c-libicui18n">libicui18n.so</primary>
347 </indexterm>
348 </listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
351 <varlistentry id="libicuio">
352 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicuio.so</filename></term>
353 <listitem>
354 <para>
355 is the ICU I/O (unicode stdio) library.
356 </para>
357 <indexterm zone="icu libicuio">
358 <primary sortas="c-libicuio">libicuio.so</primary>
359 </indexterm>
360 </listitem>
361 </varlistentry>
362
363 <varlistentry id="libicule">
364 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicule.so</filename></term>
365 <listitem>
366 <para>
367 is the layout engine.
368 </para>
369 <indexterm zone="icu libicule">
370 <primary sortas="c-libicule">libicule.so</primary>
371 </indexterm>
372 </listitem>
373 </varlistentry>
374
375 <varlistentry id="libiculx">
376 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libiculx.so</filename></term>
377 <listitem>
378 <para>
379 is the layout extensions engine.
380 </para>
381 <indexterm zone="icu libiculx">
382 <primary sortas="c-libiculx">libiculx.so</primary>
383 </indexterm>
384 </listitem>
385 </varlistentry>
386
387 <varlistentry id="libicutest">
388 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicutest.so</filename></term>
389 <listitem>
390 <para>
391 is the test library.
392 </para>
393 <indexterm zone="icu libicutest">
394 <primary sortas="c-libicutest">libicutest.so</primary>
395 </indexterm>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry id="libicutu">
400 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicutu.so</filename></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>
403 is the tool utility library.
404 </para>
405 <indexterm zone="icu libicutu">
406 <primary sortas="c-libicutu">libicutu.so</primary>
407 </indexterm>
408 </listitem>
409 </varlistentry>
410
411 <varlistentry id="libicuuc">
412 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicuuc.so</filename></term>
413 <listitem>
414 <para>
415 is the common library.
416 </para>
417 <indexterm zone="icu libicuuc">
418 <primary sortas="c-libicuuc">libicuuc.so</primary>
419 </indexterm>
420 </listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422
423 </variablelist>
424
425 </sect2>
426
427</sect1>
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