source: general/genlib/qca.xml@ 9807669d

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

  <!ENTITY qca-download-http "https://download.kde.org/stable/qca/&qca-version;/qca-&qca-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY qca-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY qca-md5sum        "4c6348286c170b3da24820c977565d75">
  <!ENTITY qca-size          "744 KB">
  <!ENTITY qca-buildsize     "42 MB">
  <!ENTITY qca-time          "0.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.1 SBU for tests)">
]>

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


  <title>Qca-&qca-version;</title>

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

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

    <para>
      <application>Qca</application> aims to provide a straightforward and
      cross-platform crypto API, using <application>Qt</application> datatypes
      and conventions. <application>Qca</application> separates the API from
      the implementation, using plugins known as Providers.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&qca-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&qca-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &qca-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &qca-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &qca-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &qca-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
<!--
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/qca-&qca-version;-openssl-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
-->
    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Qca Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
    <xref linkend="make-ca"/>,
    <xref linkend="cmake"/>,
    <xref linkend="qt6"/>, and
    <xref linkend="which"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="Optional">
    <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
    <xref linkend="gnupg2"/>,
    <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
    <xref linkend="libgpg-error"/>,
    <xref linkend="nss"/>,
    <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
    <xref linkend="p11-kit"/>,
    <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, and
    <ulink url="https://botan.randombit.net/">Botan</ulink>
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      Fix the location of the CA certificates:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@cert.pem@certs/ca-bundle.crt@' CMakeLists.txt</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$QT6DIR            \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release                \
      -D QT6=ON                                  \
      -D QCA_INSTALL_IN_QT_PREFIX=ON             \
      -D QCA_MAN_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=/usr/share/man \
      .. &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue <command>make test</command>. <!--One test
      using <xref linkend="gnupg2"/> fails without a correct passphrase.  The
      required passphrase does not seem to be published.-->
    </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>
      <parameter>-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release</parameter>: This switch is
      used to apply a higher level of compiler optimizations.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DQT6=ON</parameter>:
      Ensure the packages is built with <xref linkend="qt6"/>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>-DQCA_MAN_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=/usr/share/man</parameter>:
      Install the qca man page in the normal location.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>mozcerts-qt6 and qcatool-qt6</seg>
        <seg>
          libqca-qt6.so,
          libqca-cyrus-sasl.so,
          libqca-gcrypt.so,
          libqca-gnupg.so,
          libqca-logger.so,
          libqca-nss.so,
          libqca-ossl.so, and
          libqca-softstore.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          &qt6-dir;/include/Qca-qt6,
          &qt6-dir;/lib/cmake/Qca-qt6, and
          &qt6-dir;/lib/qca-qt6
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="mozcerts">
        <term><command>mozcerts-qt6</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a command line tool for converting certdata.txt into
            outfile.pem files
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="qca mozcerts">
            <primary sortas="b-mozcerts">mozcerts-qt6</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="qcatool">
        <term><command>qcatool-qt6</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a command line tool for performing various cryptographic
            operations with Qca
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="qca qcatool">
            <primary sortas="b-qcatool">qcatool-qt6</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libqca">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libqca-qt6.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Qt Cryptography Architecture (Qca) library
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="qca libqca">
            <primary sortas="c-libqca">libqca-qt6.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>