source: general/genlib/libssh2.xml@ fef4473

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libssh2-download-http "https://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-&libssh2-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libssh2-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libssh2-md5sum        "f604ba083fad23bf715a9ecccc9f57f4">
  <!ENTITY libssh2-size          "944 KB">
  <!ENTITY libssh2-buildsize     "13 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY libssh2-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="libssh2" xreflabel="libssh2-&libssh2-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libssh2.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libssh2-&libssh2-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libssh2">
    <primary sortas="a-libssh2">libssh2</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libssh2</title>

    <para>
      <application>Libssh2</application> package is a client-side C library
      implementing the SSH2 protocol.
    </para>

    &lfs110a_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libssh2-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libssh2-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libssh2-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libssh2-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libssh2-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libssh2-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

<!-- Applied in 1.10.0
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/libssh2-&libssh2-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
-->

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libssh2 Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gnupg2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>, and
      <xref linkend="openssh"/> (all three are required for the testsuite)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libssh2"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libssh2</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libssh2</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>.
      <!--One test, using gnupg, may fail for unknown reasons.-->
    </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 Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libssh2.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libssh2-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libssh2.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions to use the SSH2 protocol
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libssh2 libssh2-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libssh2">libssh2.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>

</sect1>