source: general/genlib/popt.xml@ 36f0d75

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY popt-download-http "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/popt/popt_1.7.orig.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY popt-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/popt/popt_1.7.orig.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY popt-md5sum "5988e7aeb0ae4dac8d83561265984cc9">
  <!ENTITY popt-size "562 KB">
  <!ENTITY popt-buildsize "5.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY popt-time "0.17 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="popt" xreflabel="popt-&popt-version;-5">
  <?dbhtml filename="popt.html"?>
  
  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>
  
  <title>Popt-&popt-version;-5</title>
  
  <indexterm zone="popt">
    <primary sortas="a-Popt">Popt</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Popt</title>
    
    <para>The <application>popt</application> package contains the 
    <application>popt</application> libraries which are used by
    some programs to parse command-line options.</para>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&popt-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&popt-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &popt-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &popt-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &popt-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &popt-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Patch level upgrade: <ulink
        url="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/popt/popt_&popt-version;-5.diff.gz"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    
  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Popt</title>

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

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../popt_&popt-version;-5.diff &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
cp configure.in configure.ac &amp;&amp;
touch configure.in configure.ac &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
    
    <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>cp configure.in configure.ac</command>:
    Because <filename>configure.in</filename> is updated with the patch,
    this file is needed for <command>make</command> to work properly.</para>
    
    <para><command>touch configure.in configure.ac</command>:
    Ensure file timestamps are the same.</para>
    
  </sect2>
  
  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
      
      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>libpopt.[so,a]</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>
    
    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    
      <varlistentry id="libpopt">
      <term><filename role='library'>libpopt.[so,a]</filename></term>
      <listitem>
        <para> is used to parse command-line options.</para>
        <indexterm zone="popt libpopt">
          <primary sortas="c-libpopt">libpopt.[so,a]</primary>
        </indexterm>
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>