source: general/genlib/libxslt.xml@ a1682c0e

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<!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 libxslt-download-http "http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxslt-&libxslt-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-download-ftp  "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxslt/libxslt-&libxslt-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-md5sum        "a129d3c44c022de3b9dcf6d6f288d72e">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-size          "3.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-buildsize     "40 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY libxslt-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
]>

<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 used for extending <filename
      class="libraryfile">libxml2</filename> libraries to
      support XSLT files.
    </para>

    &lfs80_checked;

    <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">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and
      <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/> and
      <xref linkend="python2"/>
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        Although it is not a direct dependency, many applications
        using <application>libxslt</application> will expect
        <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>
        to be present.
      </para>
    </note>

    <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>./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>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i ...</command>: This command silences some meaningless
      warnings from libtool.
    </para>

    <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>
          xslt-config and xsltproc
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libexslt.so, libxslt.so and optionally, libxsltmod.so
          <application>Python</application> modules
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libexslt,
          /usr/include/libxslt,
          /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="libexslt">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libexslt.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to provide extensions to XSLT functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libxslt libexslt">
            <primary sortas="c-libexslt">libexslt.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libxslt-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxslt.so</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</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>