source: general/genlib/lzo.xml@ 8cd68e9

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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 LZO-download-http "http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/lzo-&LZO-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY LZO-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY LZO-md5sum        "95380bd4081f85ef08c5209f4107e9f8">
  <!ENTITY LZO-size          "572 KB">
  <!ENTITY LZO-buildsize     "10 MB">
  <!ENTITY LZO-time          "0.3 SBU (additional 0.3 SBU to run the tests)">
]>

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

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

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

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

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

    <para>
      <application>LZO</application> is a data compression
      library which is suitable for data decompression and compression in
      real-time. This means it favors speed over compression ratio.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

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

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr                    \
            --enable-shared                  \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/lzo-&LZO-version; &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. All the
      checks should pass. Now issue <command>make test</command> to run the full
      suite of tests.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          liblzo2.{so,a}
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/lzo and 
          /usr/share/doc/lzo
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="liblzo2">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>liblzo2.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a data compression and decompression library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="LZO liblzo2">
            <primary sortas="c-liblzo2">liblzo2.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>