source: general/genlib/json-c.xml@ 9beb334

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY json-c-download-http "https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/json-c-&json-c-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY json-c-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY json-c-md5sum        "aa02367d2f7a830bf1e3376f77881e98">
  <!ENTITY json-c-size          "548 KB">
  <!ENTITY json-c-buildsize     "5.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY json-c-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="json-c" xreflabel="JSON-C-&json-c-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="json-c.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>JSON-C-&json-c-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="json-c">
    <primary sortas="a-JSON-C">JSON-C</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to JSON-C</title>

    <para>
      The <application>JSON-C</application> implements a reference counting
      object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C,
      output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings
      back into the C representation of JSON objects.
    </para>

    &lfs73_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&json-c-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&json-c-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &json-c-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &json-c-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &json-c-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &json-c-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/json-c"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of JSON-C</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>JSON-C</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libjson-c.so and libjson.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/json and
          /usr/include/json-c
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libjson">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libjson.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>JSON-C</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="json-c libjson">
            <primary sortas="c-libjson">libjson.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libjson-c">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libjson-c.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>JSON-C</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="json-c libjson-c">
            <primary sortas="c-libjson-c">libjson-c.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>