source: general/genlib/popt.xml@ d8614521

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<!ENTITY popt-size "562 KB">
<!ENTITY popt-buildsize "17.4 MB">
<!ENTITY popt-time "0.06 SBU">
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<sect1 id="popt" xreflabel="popt-&popt-version;-5">

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

<?dbhtml filename="popt.html"?>

<title><application>popt</application>-&popt-version;-5</title>

<indexterm zone="popt">
  <primary sortas="a-popt">Popt</primary>
</indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>popt</application></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>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<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>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>popt</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>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</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<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>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
  <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
  <seglistitem>
    <seg>libpopt.[so,a]</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>