source: general/genutils/compface.xml@ 3981c8d

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

  <!ENTITY compface-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/compface/compface-&compface-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY compface-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY compface-md5sum        "62f4f79c0861ad292ba3cf77b4c48319">
  <!ENTITY compface-size          "47 KB">
  <!ENTITY compface-buildsize     "520 KB">
  <!ENTITY compface-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

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


  <title>Compface-&compface-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="compface">
    <primary sortas="a-Compface">Compface</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      <application>Compface</application> provides utilities and a library to
      convert from/to X-Face format, a 48x48 bitmap format used to carry
      thumbnails of email authors in a mail header.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

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

  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      First, fix the configure script so that it's C99 compatible:
    </para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">autoreconf</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Next, fix a build failure that occurs with GCC 14:
    </para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/compface.h/a #include &lt;unistd.h&gt;' \
    -i cmain.c                             \
    -i uncmain.c</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man &amp;&amp;
make</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 install &amp;&amp;
install -m755 -v xbm2xface.pl /usr/bin</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>compface, uncompface and xbm2xface.pl</seg>
        <seg>libcompface.a</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="compface-prog">
        <term><command>compface</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a filter for generating highly compressed representations
            of 48x48x1 face image files
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="compface compface-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-compface">compface</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="uncompface">
        <term><command>uncompface</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is an inverse filter which performs an inverse
            transformation with no loss of data
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="compface uncompface">
            <primary sortas="b-uncompface">uncompface</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xbm2xface">
        <term><command>xbm2xface.pl</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a script to generate xfaces
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="compface xbm2xface">
            <primary sortas="b-xbm2xface.pl">xbm2xface.pl</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libcompface">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcompface.a</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            allows the compression and decompression algorithms to be
            used in other programs such as MTAs
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="compface libcompface">
            <primary sortas="c-libcompface">libcompface.a</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>