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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
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| 8 | "http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/&icu-version;/icu4c-&icu-dl-version;-src.tgz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY icu-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY icu-md5sum "c4a2d71ff56aec5ebfab2a3f059be99d">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY icu-size "25 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY icu-buildsize "302 MB (additional 67 MB for the tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY icu-time "1.5 SBU (additional 1.9 SBU for the tests)">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="icu" xreflabel="ICU-&icu-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="icu.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>ICU-&icu-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="icu">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-ICU">ICU</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to ICU</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | The <application>International Components for Unicode</application> (ICU)
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| 35 | package is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ libraries providing Unicode
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| 36 | and Globalization support for software applications.
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| 37 | <application>ICU</application> is widely portable and gives applications
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| 38 | the same results on all platforms.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs78_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&icu-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&icu-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &icu-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &icu-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &icu-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &icu-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ICU Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="optional">
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| 81 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with Clang)
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 85 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/icu"/>
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| 86 | </para>
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| 87 | </sect2>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 90 | <title>Installation of ICU</title>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para>
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| 93 | Install <application>ICU</application> by running the following commands:
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <screen><userinput>cd source &&
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| 97 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 98 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>
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| 101 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <para>
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| 105 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 109 | </sect2>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 112 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>
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| 115 | <envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar>: If you prefer to use
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| 116 | <command>gcc</command> and/or <command>g++</command> instead of
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| 117 | <command>clang</command> and/or <command>clang++</command>, if they are
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| 118 | installed, use one or both variables in the configure line.
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| 119 | </para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | </sect2>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 124 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <segmentedlist>
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| 127 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 128 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 129 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <seglistitem>
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| 132 | <seg>
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| 133 | derb, genbrk, genccode, gencfu, gencmn, gencnval, gendict, gennorm2,
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| 134 | genrb, gensprep, icu-config, icuinfo, icupkg, makeconv, pkgdata, and
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| 135 | uconv
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| 136 | </seg>
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| 137 | <seg>
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| 138 | libicudata.so, libicui18n.so, libicuio.so, libicule.so, libiculx.so,
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| 139 | libicutest.so, libicutu.so, and libicuuc.so
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| 140 | </seg>
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| 141 | <seg>
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| 142 | /usr/include/layout,
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| 143 | /usr/include/unicode,
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| 144 | /usr/lib/icu, and
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| 145 | /usr/share/icu
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| 146 | </seg>
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| 147 | </seglistitem>
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| 148 | </segmentedlist>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <variablelist>
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| 151 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 152 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 153 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="derb">
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| 156 | <term><command>derb</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>
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| 159 | disassembles a resource bundle.
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| 160 | </para>
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| 161 | <indexterm zone="icu derb">
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| 162 | <primary sortas="b-derb">derb</primary>
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| 163 | </indexterm>
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| 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <varlistentry id="genbrk">
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| 168 | <term><command>genbrk</command></term>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>
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| 171 | compiles ICU break iteration rules source files into binary data
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| 172 | files.
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| 173 | </para>
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| 174 | <indexterm zone="icu genbrk">
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| 175 | <primary sortas="b-genbrk">genbrk</primary>
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| 176 | </indexterm>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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| 178 | </varlistentry>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <varlistentry id="genccode">
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| 181 | <term><command>genccode</command></term>
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| 182 | <listitem>
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| 183 | <para>
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| 184 | generates C or platform specific assembly code from an ICU data
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| 185 | file.
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| 186 | </para>
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| 187 | <indexterm zone="icu genccode">
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| 188 | <primary sortas="b-genccode">genccode</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="gencfu">
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| 194 | <term><command>gencfu</command></term>
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| 195 | <listitem>
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| 196 | <para>
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| 197 | reads in Unicode confusable character definitions and writes out the
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| 198 | binary data.
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| 199 | </para>
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| 200 | <indexterm zone="icu gencfu">
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| 201 | <primary sortas="b-gencfu">gencfu</primary>
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| 202 | </indexterm>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 | </varlistentry>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <varlistentry id="gencmn">
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| 207 | <term><command>gencmn</command></term>
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| 208 | <listitem>
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| 209 | <para>
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| 210 | generates an ICU memory-mappable data file.
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| 211 | </para>
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| 212 | <indexterm zone="icu gencmn">
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| 213 | <primary sortas="b-gencmn">gencmn</primary>
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| 214 | </indexterm>
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| 215 | </listitem>
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| 216 | </varlistentry>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <varlistentry id="gencnval">
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| 219 | <term><command>gencnval</command></term>
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| 220 | <listitem>
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| 221 | <para>
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| 222 | compiles the converter's aliases file.
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| 223 | </para>
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="icu gencnval">
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| 225 | <primary sortas="b-gencnval">gencnval</primary>
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| 226 | </indexterm>
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| 227 | </listitem>
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| 228 | </varlistentry>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <varlistentry id="gendict">
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| 231 | <term><command>gendict</command></term>
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>
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| 234 | compiles word list into ICU string trie dictionary.
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| 235 | </para>
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="icu gendict">
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| 237 | <primary sortas="b-gendict">gendict</primary>
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| 238 | </indexterm>
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| 239 | </listitem>
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| 240 | </varlistentry>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="gennorm2">
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| 243 | <term><command>gennorm2</command></term>
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| 244 | <listitem>
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| 245 | <para>
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| 246 | builds binary data file with Unicode normalization data.
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| 247 | </para>
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="icu gennorm2">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="b-gennorm2">gennorm2</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <varlistentry id="genrb">
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| 255 | <term><command>genrb</command></term>
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| 256 | <listitem>
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| 257 | <para>
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| 258 | compiles a resource bundle.
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| 259 | </para>
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="icu genrb">
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| 261 | <primary sortas="b-genrb">genrb</primary>
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| 262 | </indexterm>
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| 263 | </listitem>
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| 264 | </varlistentry>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <varlistentry id="gensprep">
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| 267 | <term><command>gensprep</command></term>
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>
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| 270 | compiles StringPrep data from filtered RFC 3454 files.
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| 271 | </para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="icu gensprep">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="b-gensprep">gensprep</primary>
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| 274 | </indexterm>
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| 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <varlistentry id="icu-config">
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| 279 | <term><command>icu-config</command></term>
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| 280 | <listitem>
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| 281 | <para>
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| 282 | outputs ICU build options.
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| 283 | </para>
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="icu icu-config">
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| 285 | <primary sortas="b-icu-config">icu-config</primary>
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| 286 | </indexterm>
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| 287 | </listitem>
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| 288 | </varlistentry>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <varlistentry id="icuinfo">
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| 291 | <term><command>icuinfo</command></term>
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| 292 | <listitem>
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| 293 | <para>
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| 294 | outputs configuration information about the current ICU.
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| 295 | </para>
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="icu icuinfo">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="b-icuinfo">icuinfo</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <varlistentry id="icupkg">
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| 303 | <term><command>icupkg</command></term>
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| 304 | <listitem>
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| 305 | <para>
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| 306 | extracts or modifies an ICU .dat archive.
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| 307 | </para>
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| 308 | <indexterm zone="icu icupkg">
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| 309 | <primary sortas="b-icupkg">icupkg</primary>
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| 310 | </indexterm>
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| 311 | </listitem>
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| 312 | </varlistentry>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <varlistentry id="makeconv">
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| 315 | <term><command>makeconv</command></term>
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| 316 | <listitem>
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| 317 | <para>
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| 318 | compiles a converter table.
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| 319 | </para>
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| 320 | <indexterm zone="icu makeconv">
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| 321 | <primary sortas="b-makeconv">makeconv</primary>
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| 322 | </indexterm>
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| 323 | </listitem>
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| 324 | </varlistentry>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <varlistentry id="pkgdata">
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| 327 | <term><command>pkgdata</command></term>
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| 328 | <listitem>
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| 329 | <para>
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| 330 | packages data for use by ICU.
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| 331 | </para>
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| 332 | <indexterm zone="icu pkgdata">
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| 333 | <primary sortas="b-pkgdata">pkgdata</primary>
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| 334 | </indexterm>
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| 335 | </listitem>
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| 336 | </varlistentry>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <varlistentry id="uconv">
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| 339 | <term><command>uconv</command></term>
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| 340 | <listitem>
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| 341 | <para>
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| 342 | converts data from one encoding to another.
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| 343 | </para>
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| 344 | <indexterm zone="icu uconv">
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| 345 | <primary sortas="b-uconv">uconv</primary>
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| 346 | </indexterm>
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| 347 | </listitem>
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| 348 | </varlistentry>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <varlistentry id="libicudata">
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| 351 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicudata.so</filename></term>
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| 352 | <listitem>
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| 353 | <para>
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| 354 | is the data library.
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| 355 | </para>
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| 356 | <indexterm zone="icu libicudata">
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| 357 | <primary sortas="c-libicudata">libicudata.so</primary>
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| 358 | </indexterm>
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| 359 | </listitem>
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| 360 | </varlistentry>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <varlistentry id="libicui18n">
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| 363 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicui18n.so</filename></term>
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| 364 | <listitem>
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| 365 | <para>
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| 366 | is the internationalization (i18n) library.
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| 367 | </para>
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| 368 | <indexterm zone="icu libicui18n">
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| 369 | <primary sortas="c-libicui18n">libicui18n.so</primary>
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| 370 | </indexterm>
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| 371 | </listitem>
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| 372 | </varlistentry>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <varlistentry id="libicuio">
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| 375 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicuio.so</filename></term>
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| 376 | <listitem>
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| 377 | <para>
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| 378 | is the ICU I/O (unicode stdio) library.
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| 379 | </para>
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| 380 | <indexterm zone="icu libicuio">
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| 381 | <primary sortas="c-libicuio">libicuio.so</primary>
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| 382 | </indexterm>
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| 383 | </listitem>
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| 384 | </varlistentry>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <varlistentry id="libicule">
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| 387 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicule.so</filename></term>
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| 388 | <listitem>
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| 389 | <para>
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| 390 | is the layout engine.
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| 391 | </para>
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="icu libicule">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="c-libicule">libicule.so</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 | </listitem>
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| 396 | </varlistentry>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <varlistentry id="libiculx">
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| 399 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libiculx.so</filename></term>
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| 400 | <listitem>
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| 401 | <para>
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| 402 | is the layout extensions engine.
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| 403 | </para>
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| 404 | <indexterm zone="icu libiculx">
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| 405 | <primary sortas="c-libiculx">libiculx.so</primary>
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| 406 | </indexterm>
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| 407 | </listitem>
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| 408 | </varlistentry>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | <varlistentry id="libicutest">
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| 411 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicutest.so</filename></term>
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| 412 | <listitem>
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| 413 | <para>
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| 414 | is the test library.
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| 415 | </para>
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| 416 | <indexterm zone="icu libicutest">
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| 417 | <primary sortas="c-libicutest">libicutest.so</primary>
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| 418 | </indexterm>
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| 419 | </listitem>
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| 420 | </varlistentry>
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| 421 |
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| 422 | <varlistentry id="libicutu">
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| 423 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicutu.so</filename></term>
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| 424 | <listitem>
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| 425 | <para>
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| 426 | is the tool utility library.
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| 427 | </para>
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| 428 | <indexterm zone="icu libicutu">
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| 429 | <primary sortas="c-libicutu">libicutu.so</primary>
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| 430 | </indexterm>
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| 431 | </listitem>
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| 432 | </varlistentry>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <varlistentry id="libicuuc">
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| 435 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicuuc.so</filename></term>
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| 436 | <listitem>
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| 437 | <para>
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| 438 | is the common library.
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| 439 | </para>
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| 440 | <indexterm zone="icu libicuuc">
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| 441 | <primary sortas="c-libicuuc">libicuuc.so</primary>
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| 442 | </indexterm>
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| 443 | </listitem>
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| 444 | </varlistentry>
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| 445 |
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| 446 | </variablelist>
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| 447 |
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| 448 | </sect2>
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| 449 |
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| 450 | </sect1>
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