source: general/graphlib/babl.xml@ 4c77a949

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

  <!ENTITY babl-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/babl/0.1//babl-&babl-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY babl-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/babl/0.1//babl-&babl-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY babl-md5sum        "dc960981a5ec5330fc1c177be9f59068">
  <!ENTITY babl-size          "452 KB">
  <!ENTITY babl-buildsize     "11.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY babl-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

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

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

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

  <indexterm zone="babl">
    <primary sortas="a-Babl">Babl</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>babl</application>package is a dynamic, any to any,
    pixel format translation library.</para>

    &lfs71_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
    <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/vala/">vala</ulink></para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl/graphics &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 docs/*.{css,html} /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 docs/graphics/*.{html,png,svg} /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl/graphics
</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

    <para><parameter>install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/babl/graphics</parameter>:
    This and the subsequent commands install the library html documentation
    under <filename class="directory">/usr/share/gtk-doc/html</filename> where
    other gtk packages put the programmer-oriented documentation.</para>

    <para><option>--with-vala</option>: Use <command>vapigen</command>
    so that <application>vala</application> programs can use this application -
    not enabled by default, may cause breakage when building
    <application>gegl</application>.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>libbabl.so, and libraries in /usr/lib/babl-0.1/</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/babl-0.1/</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libbabl">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libbabl.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains functions to access BablFishes to convert between
          formats.</para>
          <indexterm zone="babl libbabl">
            <primary sortas="c-libbabl">libbabl.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>