source: general/genlib/libxslt.xml@ 9f12e36

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  <!ENTITY libxslt-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/libxslt/1.1/libxslt-&libxslt-version;.tar.gz">
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  <!ENTITY libxslt-md5sum        "8cfa382264be71b101bc2ff04d028df4">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-size          "2.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-buildsize     "37.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-time          "0.3 SBU">
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<sect1 id="libxslt" xreflabel="libxslt-&libxslt-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libxslt.html"?>

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

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

  <indexterm zone="libxslt">
    <primary sortas="a-Libxslt">Libxslt</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>libxslt</application> package contains
    XSLT libraries. These are useful for extending <filename
    class="libraryfile">libxml2</filename> libraries to support
    XSLT files.</para>

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="python"/> and
    <ulink url="http://www.gnupg.org/download/index.html#libgcrypt">
    Libgcrypt</ulink> (requires
    <ulink url="http://www.gnupg.org/download/index.html#libgpg-error">
    Libgpg-error</ulink>)</para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>sed -i "s/\$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)/'&amp;'/" configure &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &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>

    <para><command>sed -i "s/\$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)/'&amp;'/"
    configure</command>: The quotes around this variable were inadvertently
    removed in this release. This command puts the quotes back in so that
    the variable is not interpreted as a shell command.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xslt-config and xsltproc</seg>
        <seg>libexslt.{so,a}, libxslt.{so,a} and optionally, libxsltmod.{so,a}
        <application>Python</application> modules</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/lib{e}xslt,
        /usr/lib/libxslt-plugins,
        /usr/share/doc/libxslt-&libxslt-version;, and
        /usr/share/doc/libxslt-python-&libxslt-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="xslt-config">
        <term><command>xslt-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to find out the pre-processor, linking and
          compiling flags necessary to use the <application>libxslt</application>
          libraries in 3rd-party programs.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libxslt xslt-config">
            <primary sortas="b-xslt-config">xslt-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xsltproc">
        <term><command>xsltproc</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to apply XSLT stylesheets to XML documents.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libxslt xsltproc">
            <primary sortas="b-xsltproc">xsltproc</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libxslt-lib">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libxslt.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> provides extensions to the
          <filename class="libraryfile">libxml2</filename>
          libraries to parse files that use the XSLT format.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libxslt libxslt-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libxslt">libxslt.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libexslt">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libexslt.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to provide extensions to XSLT functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libxslt libexslt">
            <primary sortas="c-libexslt">libexslt.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>