source: general/genlib/libidl.xml@ 38ef567

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<sect1 id="libidl" xreflabel="libIDL-&libidl-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="libIDL.html"?>
<title>libIDL-&libidl-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="libidl">
<primary sortas="a-LibIDL">LibIDL</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to 
<application>lib<acronym>IDL</acronym></application></title>

<para>The <application>lib<acronym>IDL</acronym></application> package 
contains libraries for Interface Definition Language files. This is a 
specification for defining portable interfaces.</para>

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

<sect3><title><application>lib<acronym>IDL</acronym></application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="glib2"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of 
<application>lib<acronym>IDL</acronym></application></title>

<para>Install <application>lib<acronym>IDL</acronym></application> by running 
the following commands:</para>

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

<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>libIDL-config-2</seg>
<seg>libIDL-2.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/libIDL-2.0/libIDL</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

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

<varlistentry id="libIDL-config-2">
<term><command>libIDL-config-2</command></term>
<listitem><para>determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to 
compile and link programs that use 
<filename class="libraryfile">libIDL-2</filename>.</para>
<indexterm zone="libidl libIDL-config-2">
<primary sortas="b-libIDL-config-2">libIDL-config-2</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libIDL-2">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libIDL-2.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>libraries provide the functions to create and maintain
trees of <acronym>CORBA</acronym> Interface Definition Language
(<acronym>IDL</acronym>) files.</para>
<indexterm zone="libidl libIDL-2">
<primary sortas="c-libIDL-2">libIDL-2.[so,a]</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

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