source: general/genlib/libgsf.xml@ 87dd6705

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

  <!ENTITY libgsf-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgsf/1.12/libgsf-&libgsf-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libgsf-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgsf/1.12/libgsf-&libgsf-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libgsf-md5sum        "34b51119d5cbae30be0357ab246e93de">
  <!ENTITY libgsf-size          "503 KB">
  <!ENTITY libgsf-buildsize     "13.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY libgsf-time          "0.3 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libgsf" xreflabel="libgsf-&libgsf-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libgsf.html"?>

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

  <title>Libgsf-&libgsf-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libgsf">
    <primary sortas="a-Libgsf">Libgsf</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Libgsf</title>

    <para>The <application>libgsf</application> package contains
    <filename class="libraryfile">libgsf-1</filename> libraries. These are
    useful for providing an extensible input/output abstraction layer for
    structured file formats.</para>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem> 
        <para>Required patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/libgsf-&libgsf-version;-gconf_discovery_fix-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Libgsf Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
    <xref linkend="libxml2"/> and
    <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> (required for GNOME-2 support) and
    <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Libgsf</title>

    <para>Install <application>libgsf</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libgsf-&libgsf-version;-gconf_discovery_fix-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Running <command>make check</command> will build a battery of test
    programs which are built using the just-created
    <filename class='libraryfile'>libgsf-1</filename> library. All the programs
    should build successfully with no errors displayed.</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>
    
    <para><option>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</option>: Pass this parameter to the
    <command>configure</command> command if you have
    <application>GNOME</application>-2 installed so that the
    <application>GConf</application> schema files are installed
    correctly.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gsf-office-thumbnailer</seg>
        <seg>libgsf-1.[so,a] and optionally, libgsf-gnome-1.[so,a]</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/libgsf-1 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gsf</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>