source: general/genlib/slib.xml@ 24a3d96f

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

  <!ENTITY slib-download-http "http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/OLD/slib&slib-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY slib-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY slib-md5sum        "190b20552dce6148f5a4917648eb589e">
  <!ENTITY slib-size          "846 KB">
  <!ENTITY slib-buildsize     "19.5 MB (includes building and installing all docs)">
  <!ENTITY slib-time          "0.1 SBU">
]>

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

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

  <title>SLIB-&slib-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="slib">
    <primary sortas="a-SLIB">SLIB</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>SLIB</application> package is a portable library for
    the <application>Scheme</application> programming language. It provides a
    platform independent framework for using <quote>packages</quote> of
    <application>Scheme</application> procedures and syntax.
    <application>SLIB</application> contains useful packages for all
    <application>Scheme</application> implementations, including
    <application>Guile</application>. Its catalog can be transparently extended
    to accommodate packages specific to a site, implementation, user or
    directory.</para>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required Patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/slib-&slib-version;-blfs_install-2.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">SLIB Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="guile"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to Build Documentation)</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="tex"/></para>

  </sect2>

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

    <para>Install <application>SLIB</application> by issuing the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../slib-&slib-version;-blfs_install-2.patch &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's|\*vicinity-suffix\*)|"/")|' guile.init &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you have <application>TeX</application> installed and wish to
    build PDF, Postscript, HTML and text documentation, issue any or all of
    the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>make pdfdocs &amp;&amp;
make psdocs &amp;&amp;
make htmldocs &amp;&amp;
make txtdocs</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make prefix=/usr/ install &amp;&amp;
make prefix=/usr/ catalogs &amp;&amp;
make prefix=/usr/ installinfo</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>sed -i 's|\*vicinity-suffix\*)|"/")|' guile.init</command>:
    This command fixes a problem with the Guile initialization script.</para>

    <para><command>make prefix=/usr/ catalogs</command>: This command builds the
    <application>SLIB</application> <application>Scheme</application>
    implementation catalog.</para>

    <para><command>make prefix=/usr/ installinfo</command>: This commands installs
    the <command>info</command> documentation.</para>

  </sect2>

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

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>slib</seg>
        <seg>a <application>Scheme</application> library system</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/guile/slib and /usr/share/doc/slib-&slib-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="slib-prog">
        <term><command>slib</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a shell script used to initialize
          <application>SLIB</application> in a named <application>Scheme</application>
          implementation. It can also be used to initialize an
          <application>SLIB</application> session using a given executable.</para>
          <indexterm zone="slib slib-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-slib">slib</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>