source: general/genutils/libiodbc.xml@ 47969a6

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libiodbc-download-http "http://www.iodbc.org/downloads/iODBC/libiodbc-&libiodbc-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libiodbc-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libiodbc-md5sum        "ddbd274cb31d65be6a78da58fc09079a">
  <!ENTITY libiodbc-size          "1 MB">
  <!ENTITY libiodbc-buildsize     "28 MB">
  <!ENTITY libiodbc-time          "0.7 SBU">
]>

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

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

  <title>libiodbc-&libiodbc-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libiodbc">
    <primary sortas="l-libiodbc">libiodbc</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para><application>libiodbc</application> is an API to ODBC compatible
    databases.</para>

    &lfs67_checked;

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
    <xref linkend="gtk2"/> (in order to get the admin tool created)
    </para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure prefix=/usr --with-iodbc-inidir=/etc/iodbc &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <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><option>--with-iodbc-inidir</option>: <application>libiodbc</application> will
    install config files in this directory.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>iodbc-config, iodbctest, iodbctestw, iodbcadm</seg>
        <seg>libodbc.{a,so}, libiodbc.{a,so}, libiodbcinst.{a,so}, libiodbcadm.{a,so}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/libiodbc, /etc/iodbc</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="iodbc-config">
        <term><command>iodbc-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a utility for retrieving the installation options of libiodbc</para>
          <indexterm zone="libiodbc iodbc-config">
            <primary sortas="b-iodbc-config">iodbc-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="iodbctest">
        <term><command>iodbctest{,w}</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an interactive SQL processor</para>
          <indexterm zone="libiodbc iodbctest">
            <primary sortas="b-iodbctest">iodbctest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="iodbcadm">
        <term><command>iodbcadm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a graphical administration utility</para>
          <indexterm zone="libiodbc iodbcadm">
            <primary sortas="b-iodbcadm">iodbcadm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>