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Updates:
icu-61.1, + modify libreoffice instructions to allow building with this

version of icu

vala-0.40.2
apache-ant-1.10.3
dovecot-2.3.1

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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 "68fe38999fef94d622bd6843d43c0615">
11 <!ENTITY icu-size "22 MB">
12 <!ENTITY icu-buildsize "330 MB (add 32 MB for tests)">
13 <!ENTITY icu-time "1.7 SBU (add 1.6 SBU for 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 &lfs82_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">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
78 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
79 <listitem>
80 <para>
81 Required patch:
82 <ulink url="&patch-root;/icu4c-&icu-version;-fix_enumeration-1.patch"/>
83 </para>
84 </listitem>
85 </itemizedlist>
86-->
87 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ICU Dependencies</bridgehead>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
90 <para role="optional">
91 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with Clang), and
92 <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (for documentation)
93 </para>
94
95 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
96 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/icu"/>
97 </para>
98 </sect2>
99
100 <sect2 role="installation">
101 <title>Installation of ICU</title>
102<!--
103 <para>
104 First, fix a regression in version 58.1:
105 </para>
106
107<screen><userinput>patch -p1 -i ../icu4c-&icu-version;-fix_enumeration-1.patch</userinput></screen>
108-->
109 <para>
110 Install <application>ICU</application> by running the following commands:
111 </para>
112
113<!-- Review comments at:
114https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/e58fa0ba66272c5f28828b15d06c7e42a9882b3b
115To see if the following prebuild command is appropriate for BLFS:
116sed '/fdef U_CHARSET_I/i#define U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 1' -i common/unicode/platform.h
117-->
118<screen><userinput>cd source &amp;&amp;
119
120./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
121make</userinput></screen>
122
123 <para>
124 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
125 </para>
126
127 <para>
128 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
129 </para>
130
131<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
132 </sect2>
133
134 <sect2 role="content">
135 <title>Contents</title>
136
137 <segmentedlist>
138 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
139 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
140 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
141
142 <seglistitem>
143 <seg>
144 derb, escapesrc, genbrk, genccode, gencfu, gencmn, gencnval,
145 gendict, gennorm2,
146 genrb, gensprep, icu-config, icuinfo, icupkg, makeconv, pkgdata, and
147 uconv
148 </seg>
149 <seg>
150 libicudata.so, libicui18n.so, libicuio.so,
151 libicutest.so, libicutu.so, and libicuuc.so
152 </seg>
153 <seg>
154 /usr/include/unicode,
155 /usr/lib/icu, and
156 /usr/share/icu
157 </seg>
158 </seglistitem>
159 </segmentedlist>
160
161 <variablelist>
162 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
163 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
164 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
165
166 <varlistentry id="derb">
167 <term><command>derb</command></term>
168 <listitem>
169 <para>
170 disassembles a resource bundle.
171 </para>
172 <indexterm zone="icu derb">
173 <primary sortas="b-derb">derb</primary>
174 </indexterm>
175 </listitem>
176 </varlistentry>
177
178 <varlistentry id="escapesrc">
179 <term><command>escapesrc</command></term>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>
182 converts <quote>\u</quote> escaped characters into unicode
183 characters.
184 </para>
185 <indexterm zone="icu escapesrc">
186 <primary sortas="b-escapesrc">escapesrc</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="genbrk">
192 <term><command>genbrk</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>
195 compiles ICU break iteration rules source files into binary data
196 files.
197 </para>
198 <indexterm zone="icu genbrk">
199 <primary sortas="b-genbrk">genbrk</primary>
200 </indexterm>
201 </listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry id="genccode">
205 <term><command>genccode</command></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>
208 generates C or platform specific assembly code from an ICU data
209 file.
210 </para>
211 <indexterm zone="icu genccode">
212 <primary sortas="b-genccode">genccode</primary>
213 </indexterm>
214 </listitem>
215 </varlistentry>
216
217 <varlistentry id="gencfu">
218 <term><command>gencfu</command></term>
219 <listitem>
220 <para>
221 reads in Unicode confusable character definitions and writes out the
222 binary data.
223 </para>
224 <indexterm zone="icu gencfu">
225 <primary sortas="b-gencfu">gencfu</primary>
226 </indexterm>
227 </listitem>
228 </varlistentry>
229
230 <varlistentry id="gencmn">
231 <term><command>gencmn</command></term>
232 <listitem>
233 <para>
234 generates an ICU memory-mappable data file.
235 </para>
236 <indexterm zone="icu gencmn">
237 <primary sortas="b-gencmn">gencmn</primary>
238 </indexterm>
239 </listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241
242 <varlistentry id="gencnval">
243 <term><command>gencnval</command></term>
244 <listitem>
245 <para>
246 compiles the converter's aliases file.
247 </para>
248 <indexterm zone="icu gencnval">
249 <primary sortas="b-gencnval">gencnval</primary>
250 </indexterm>
251 </listitem>
252 </varlistentry>
253
254 <varlistentry id="gendict">
255 <term><command>gendict</command></term>
256 <listitem>
257 <para>
258 compiles word lists into ICU string trie dictionaries.
259 </para>
260 <indexterm zone="icu gendict">
261 <primary sortas="b-gendict">gendict</primary>
262 </indexterm>
263 </listitem>
264 </varlistentry>
265
266 <varlistentry id="gennorm2">
267 <term><command>gennorm2</command></term>
268 <listitem>
269 <para>
270 builds binary data files with Unicode normalization data.
271 </para>
272 <indexterm zone="icu gennorm2">
273 <primary sortas="b-gennorm2">gennorm2</primary>
274 </indexterm>
275 </listitem>
276 </varlistentry>
277
278 <varlistentry id="genrb">
279 <term><command>genrb</command></term>
280 <listitem>
281 <para>
282 compiles a resource bundle.
283 </para>
284 <indexterm zone="icu genrb">
285 <primary sortas="b-genrb">genrb</primary>
286 </indexterm>
287 </listitem>
288 </varlistentry>
289
290 <varlistentry id="gensprep">
291 <term><command>gensprep</command></term>
292 <listitem>
293 <para>
294 compiles StringPrep data from filtered RFC 3454 files.
295 </para>
296 <indexterm zone="icu gensprep">
297 <primary sortas="b-gensprep">gensprep</primary>
298 </indexterm>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
301
302 <varlistentry id="icu-config">
303 <term><command>icu-config</command></term>
304 <listitem>
305 <para>
306 outputs ICU build options.
307 </para>
308 <indexterm zone="icu icu-config">
309 <primary sortas="b-icu-config">icu-config</primary>
310 </indexterm>
311 </listitem>
312 </varlistentry>
313
314 <varlistentry id="icuinfo">
315 <term><command>icuinfo</command></term>
316 <listitem>
317 <para>
318 outputs configuration information about the current ICU.
319 </para>
320 <indexterm zone="icu icuinfo">
321 <primary sortas="b-icuinfo">icuinfo</primary>
322 </indexterm>
323 </listitem>
324 </varlistentry>
325
326 <varlistentry id="icupkg">
327 <term><command>icupkg</command></term>
328 <listitem>
329 <para>
330 extracts or modifies an ICU .dat archive.
331 </para>
332 <indexterm zone="icu icupkg">
333 <primary sortas="b-icupkg">icupkg</primary>
334 </indexterm>
335 </listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
337
338 <varlistentry id="makeconv">
339 <term><command>makeconv</command></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>
342 compiles a converter table.
343 </para>
344 <indexterm zone="icu makeconv">
345 <primary sortas="b-makeconv">makeconv</primary>
346 </indexterm>
347 </listitem>
348 </varlistentry>
349
350 <varlistentry id="pkgdata">
351 <term><command>pkgdata</command></term>
352 <listitem>
353 <para>
354 packages data for use by ICU.
355 </para>
356 <indexterm zone="icu pkgdata">
357 <primary sortas="b-pkgdata">pkgdata</primary>
358 </indexterm>
359 </listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
361
362 <varlistentry id="uconv">
363 <term><command>uconv</command></term>
364 <listitem>
365 <para>
366 converts data from one encoding to another.
367 </para>
368 <indexterm zone="icu uconv">
369 <primary sortas="b-uconv">uconv</primary>
370 </indexterm>
371 </listitem>
372 </varlistentry>
373
374 <varlistentry id="libicudata">
375 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicudata.so</filename></term>
376 <listitem>
377 <para>
378 is the data library.
379 </para>
380 <indexterm zone="icu libicudata">
381 <primary sortas="c-libicudata">libicudata.so</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="libicui18n">
387 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicui18n.so</filename></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>
390 is the internationalization (i18n) library.
391 </para>
392 <indexterm zone="icu libicui18n">
393 <primary sortas="c-libicui18n">libicui18n.so</primary>
394 </indexterm>
395 </listitem>
396 </varlistentry>
397
398 <varlistentry id="libicuio">
399 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicuio.so</filename></term>
400 <listitem>
401 <para>
402 is the ICU I/O (unicode stdio) library.
403 </para>
404 <indexterm zone="icu libicuio">
405 <primary sortas="c-libicuio">libicuio.so</primary>
406 </indexterm>
407 </listitem>
408 </varlistentry>
409
410 <varlistentry id="libicule">
411 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicule.so</filename></term>
412 <listitem>
413 <para>
414 is the layout engine.
415 </para>
416 <indexterm zone="icu libicule">
417 <primary sortas="c-libicule">libicule.so</primary>
418 </indexterm>
419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
421
422 <varlistentry id="libiculx">
423 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libiculx.so</filename></term>
424 <listitem>
425 <para>
426 is the layout extensions engine.
427 </para>
428 <indexterm zone="icu libiculx">
429 <primary sortas="c-libiculx">libiculx.so</primary>
430 </indexterm>
431 </listitem>
432 </varlistentry>
433
434 <varlistentry id="libicutest">
435 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicutest.so</filename></term>
436 <listitem>
437 <para>
438 is the test library.
439 </para>
440 <indexterm zone="icu libicutest">
441 <primary sortas="c-libicutest">libicutest.so</primary>
442 </indexterm>
443 </listitem>
444 </varlistentry>
445
446 <varlistentry id="libicutu">
447 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicutu.so</filename></term>
448 <listitem>
449 <para>
450 is the tool utility library.
451 </para>
452 <indexterm zone="icu libicutu">
453 <primary sortas="c-libicutu">libicutu.so</primary>
454 </indexterm>
455 </listitem>
456 </varlistentry>
457
458 <varlistentry id="libicuuc">
459 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicuuc.so</filename></term>
460 <listitem>
461 <para>
462 is the common library.
463 </para>
464 <indexterm zone="icu libicuuc">
465 <primary sortas="c-libicuuc">libicuuc.so</primary>
466 </indexterm>
467 </listitem>
468 </varlistentry>
469
470 </variablelist>
471
472 </sect2>
473
474</sect1>
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