source: general/genlib/slib.xml@ 518538f

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

<!ENTITY slib-download-http "http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib&slib-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY slib-download-ftp  " ">
<!ENTITY slib-size          "705 KB">
<!ENTITY slib-buildsize     "8.5 MB">
<!ENTITY slib-time          "0.02 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="slib" xreflabel="SLIB-&slib-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="slib.html"?>
<title>SLIB-&slib-version;</title>

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

<para>The <application>SLIB</application> package is a portable library for 
the programming language <application>Scheme</application>. 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 accomodate packages specific to a site, implementation, user or 
directory.</para>

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

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/slib-&slib-version;-automate_install-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>SLIB</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="guile"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../slib-&slib-version;-automate_install-1.patch &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make prefix=/usr/ install &amp;&amp;
make prefix=/usr/ catalogs &amp;&amp;
make prefix=/usr/ installinfo</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<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>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>SLIB</application> package contains 
<command>slib</command> and the <application>SLIB</application> 
<application>Scheme</application> Library System.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>slib</title>
<para><command>slib</command> 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>
</sect3>

</sect2>
 
</sect1>