source: general/genlib/nspr.xml@ 9c485ae

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

  <!ENTITY nspr-download-http "&mozilla-http;/nspr/releases/v&nspr-version;/src/nspr-&nspr-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY nspr-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY nspr-md5sum        "5e0acf9fbdde85181bddd510f4624841">
  <!ENTITY nspr-size          "1.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY nspr-buildsize     "9.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY nspr-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

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


  <title>NSPR-&nspr-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="nspr">
    <primary sortas="a-NSPR">NSPR</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      <application>Netscape Portable Runtime</application> (NSPR) provides a
      platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions.
    </para>

    &lfs120_checked;

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>cd nspr &amp;&amp;

sed -ri '/^RELEASE/s/^/#/' pr/src/misc/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's#$(LIBRARY) ##'   config/rules.mk         &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/usr   \
            --with-mozilla  \
            --with-pthreads \
            $([ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] &amp;&amp; echo --enable-64bit) &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      The test suite is designed for testing changes to nss or nspr and is
      not particularly useful for checking a released version (e.g. it needs
      to be run on a non-optimized build with both nss and nspr directories
      existing alongside each other). For further details, see the Editor Notes
      for nss at <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nss"/>
    </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 -ri '/^RELEASE/s/^/#/' pr/src/misc/Makefile.in</command>:
      This sed disables installing two unneeded scripts.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i 's#$(LIBRARY) ##' config/rules.mk</command>: This sed disables
      installing the static libraries.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--with-mozilla</parameter>: This parameter adds Mozilla support
      to the libraries (required if you want to build any other Mozilla
      products and link them to these libraries).
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--with-pthreads</parameter>: This parameter forces use of the
      system pthread library.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>$([ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] &amp;&amp; echo
      --enable-64bit)</parameter>: The --enable-64bit parameter is
      <emphasis>required</emphasis> on an x86_64 system to prevent
      <command>configure</command> failing with a claim that this is a system
      without pthread support. The [ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] test ensures it has
      no effect on a 32 bit system.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          nspr-config
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libnspr4.so, libplc4.so, and libplds4.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/nspr
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="nspr-config">
        <term><command>nspr-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides compiler and linker options to other packages that use
            <application>NSPR</application>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr nspr-config">
            <primary sortas="b-nspr-config">nspr-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libnspr4">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnspr4.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that provide platform independence for non-GUI
            operating system facilities such as threads, thread synchronization,
            normal file and network I/O, interval timing and calendar time,
            basic memory management and shared library linking
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr libnspr4">
            <primary sortas="c-libnspr4">libnspr4.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libplc4">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libplc4.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that implement many of the features offered by
            libnspr4
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr libplc4">
            <primary sortas="c-libplc4">libplc4.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libplds4">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libplds4.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that provide data structures
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nspr libplds4">
            <primary sortas="c-libplds4">libplds4.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>