source: general/genlib/libical.xml@ 0ef09874

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libical-download-http "https://github.com/libical/libical/releases/download/v&libical-version;/libical-&libical-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libical-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libical-md5sum        "aab3e2c80a5a61c744204675bff19ae0">
  <!ENTITY libical-size          "888 KB">
  <!ENTITY libical-buildsize     "38 MB (with tests and API documentation)">
  <!ENTITY libical-time          "0.4 SBU (with tests and documentation)">
<!-- run at -j1 because it fails at -j4 -->
]>

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


  <title>libical-&libical-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libical">
    <primary sortas="a-libical">libical</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      The <application>libical</application> package contains an implementation
      of the iCalendar protocols and data formats.
    </para>

    &lfs120_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="cmake"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
      <xref linkend="vala"/> (both required for GNOME)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (for the API documentation),
      <xref linkend="graphviz"/> (for the API documentation),
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> (for the API documentation),
      <xref linkend="icu"/>, 
      <xref linkend="pygobject3"/> (for some tests), and
      &berkeley-db;
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

<!-- Not needed with 3.0.9
    <para>First make some fixes for the latest versions of icu and Python:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '/define LEAP_MONTH/a #define FALSE 0' src/libical/icalrecur.c &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's/array/arraytest/'       src/test/libical-glib/CMakeLists.txt &amp;&amp;
mv src/test/libical-glib/array.py src/test/libical-glib/arraytest.py</userinput></screen>
-->

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

  <!-- Needs confirmation, but I got a race condition at -j8,
  -j1 allowed the build to pass. Pierre 2019-12-06
  I always have it actually. Hence the entity.-->
    &parallel_issues;
<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr  \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release   \
      -DSHARED_ONLY=yes            \
      -DICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false      \
      -DGOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=true \
      -DICAL_GLIB_VAPI=true        \
      .. &amp;&amp;
make -j1</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, <xref linkend="graphviz"/>,
      and <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
      installed and wish to build the API documentation,  you should
      remove the <parameter>-DICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false</parameter> switch
      and issue:
    </para>

<screen remap="doc"><userinput>make docs</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.
      <!-- One test, timezones, is known to fail on SysV systems. -->
      <!-- On systemd, we symlink the current timezone to
           /etc/localtime, which is what libical expects.
           This is now done on SysV as well.-->
    </para>

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

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

    <para>
      If you have built the API documentation, install by issuing, as
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"
        remap="doc"><userinput>install -vdm755 /usr/share/doc/libical-&libical-version;/html &amp;&amp;
cp -vr apidocs/html/* /usr/share/doc/libical-&libical-version;/html</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      <parameter>-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release</parameter>: This switch is used
      to apply higher level of the compiler optimizations.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DSHARED_ONLY=yes</parameter>: This switch is used
      in order to only build the shared libraries.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false</parameter>: This switch prevents
      building the <application>GTK</application> documentation. Remove
      if you want to build the documentation.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DGOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=true</parameter>: This switch is used
      to generate GObject metadata bindings.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DICAL_GLIB_VAPI=true</parameter>: This switch is used
      in order to build bindings for <xref linkend="vala"/>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-DUSE_BUILTIN_TZDATA=yes</option>: This switch is used
      in order to build using your own timezone data.
    </para>

    <!-- No CMake equivalents
    <para>
      <parameter>- -enable-cxx</parameter>: This switch enables
      <application>libical</application> C++ library.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>- -enable-python</option>: This switch enables
      <application>libical</application> Python bindings.
    </para> -->

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libical_cxx.so,
          libical.so,
          libical-glib.so,
          libicalss_cxx.so,
          libicalss.so,
          and libicalvcal.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libical,
          /usr/include/libical-glib,
          /usr/lib/cmake/LibIcal,
          /usr/libexec/libical,
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libical-glib (optional),
          and /usr/share/doc/libical-&libical-version;/html
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

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

      <varlistentry id="libical_cxx-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libical_cxx.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>libical</application> C++ bindings
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libical libical_cxx-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libical_cxx">libical_cxx.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libical-glib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libical-glib.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>libical</application> glib bindings
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libical libical-glib">
            <primary sortas="c-libical-glib">libical-glib.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libicalss">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicalss.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a library that allows you to store iCal component data
            to disk in a variety of ways
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libical libicalss">
            <primary sortas="c-libicalss">libicalss.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libicalss_cxx">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicalss_cxx.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>libicalss</application> C++
            bindings
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libical libicalss_cxx">
            <primary sortas="c-libicalss_cxx">libicalss_cxx.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libicalvcal">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libicalvcal.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a vCard/vCalendar C interface
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libical libicalvcal">
            <primary sortas="c-libicalvcal">libicalvcal.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>