source: general/genlib/qca.xml@ b6d3d395

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  <!ENTITY qca-download-http "http://delta.affinix.com/download/qca/2.0/qca-&qca-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY qca-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY qca-md5sum        "fc15bd4da22b8096c51fcfe52d2fa309">
  <!ENTITY qca-size          "4.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY qca-buildsize     "110 MB">
  <!ENTITY qca-time          "2.2 SBU">
]>

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

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

  <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>

    &lfs76_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">Qca Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
    <xref linkend="qt4"/> and
    <xref linkend="which"/>
    </para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>sed -i '217s@set@this->set@' src/botantools/botan/botan/secmem.h &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/usr            \
                 --no-separate-debug-info \
            --certstore-path=/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.crt &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue <command>make test</command>.</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 -i '217s@set@...</command>: This sed fixes compiling with
    <application>GCC</application> 4.7 and newer. It is safe to omit when compiling
    with older <application>GCC</application> versions.</para>

    <para><option>--certstore-path=/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.crt</option>: Causes
    the build to use the system-installed CA Certificates instead of a bundled
    copy.</para>
  
    <para><option>--no-separate-debug-info</option>: Prevents installation
    of a separate library and program file with debug information.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>qcatool2</seg>
        <seg>libqca.so</seg>
        <seg>&qt4-dir;/include/QtCrypto</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="qcatool2">
        <term><command>qcatool2</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a command line tool for performing various cryptographic
          operations with Qca.</para>
          <indexterm zone="qca qcatool2">
            <primary sortas="b-qcatool2">qcatool2</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

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

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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