source: general/genlib/libwacom.xml@ 42c35b0b

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

  <!ENTITY libwacom-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/linuxwacom/libwacom-&libwacom-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libwacom-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libwacom-md5sum        "8273886ce9cc613b8cce3ee19788cd3b">
  <!ENTITY libwacom-size          "484 KB">
  <!ENTITY libwacom-buildsize     "5.3 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY libwacom-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
]>

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

<!-- May become available to trunk. Will be testing soon. -->

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

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

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

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

    <para>
      The <application>libwacom</application> package contains a library used
      to identify wacom tablets and their model-specific features.
    </para>

    &lfs82_checked;

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

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="git"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>, and
      <xref linkend="librsvg"/>
    </para>

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

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

    <para>
      Install <application>libwacom</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>.
    </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 Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          libwacom-list-local-devices
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libwacom.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libwacom-1.0 and
          /usr/share/libwacom
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libwacom-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libwacom.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions used for accessing Wacom information.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libwacom libwacom-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libwacom">libwacom.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>