%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ libgsf-&libgsf-version; libgsf Introduction to libgsf The libgsf package contains a library used for providing an extensible input/output abstraction layer for structured file formats. &lfs83_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libgsf-md5sum; Download size: &libgsf-size; Estimated disk space required: &libgsf-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libgsf-time; libgsf Dependencies Required and Recommended (To build gsf-office-thumbnailer) Optional and User Notes: Installation of libgsf Install libgsf by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make To test the results, issue: make check. Two tests, t1004-zip-zip64.pl and t1005-zip-nonseekable.pl, are known to fail. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories gsf, gsf-office-thumbnailer, and gsf-vba-dump libgsf-1.so /usr/include/libgsf-1, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gsf and /usr/share/thumbnailers Short Descriptions gsf is a simple archive utility, somewhat similar to tar(1). gsf gsf-office-thumbnailer is used internally by GNOME applications such as Nautilus to generate thumbnails of several types of office application files. gsf-office-thumbnailer gsf-vba-dump is used to extract Visual Basic for Applications macros from files. gsf-vba-dump libgsf-1.so contains the libgsf API functions. libgsf-1.so