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Tag Chapter 24 - Graphical Environments and related packages.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-http
8 "https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/&harfbuzz-version;/harfbuzz-&harfbuzz-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-ftp " ">
10 <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum "0035c129cb1646ab1cff65e5ef7153db">
11 <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size "17 MB">
12 <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize "138 MB (With tests)">
13 <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time "0.7 SBU (With tests; both using parallelism=4)">
14]>
15
16<sect1 id="harfbuzz" xreflabel="harfBuzz-&harfbuzz-version;">
17 <?dbhtml filename="harfbuzz.html"?>
18
19
20 <title>harfBuzz-&harfbuzz-version;</title>
21
22 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz">
23 <primary sortas="a-HarfBuzz">HarfBuzz</primary>
24 </indexterm>
25
26 <sect2 role="package">
27 <title>Introduction to Harfbuzz</title>
28
29 <para>
30 The <application>HarfBuzz</application> package contains an OpenType text
31 shaping engine.
32 </para>
33
34 &lfs122_checked;
35
36 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
37 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
38 <listitem>
39 <para>
40 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&harfbuzz-download-http;"/>
41 </para>
42 </listitem>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&harfbuzz-download-ftp;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download MD5 sum: &harfbuzz-md5sum;
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download size: &harfbuzz-size;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Estimated disk space required: &harfbuzz-buildsize;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated build time: &harfbuzz-time;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 </itemizedlist>
69
70 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">HarfBuzz Dependencies</bridgehead>
71
72 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
73 <para role="recommended">
74 <xref linkend="glib2"/> (required for Pango; GObject Introspection
75 required for building GNOME),
76 <xref role="first" linkend="graphite2"/> (required for building
77 <xref role="nodep" linkend="texlive"/> or
78 <xref role="nodep" linkend="libreoffice"/> with system harfbuzz),
79 <xref linkend="icu"/>, and
80 <xref role="first" linkend="freetype2"/>
81 (after harfbuzz is installed, reinstall freetype)
82 </para>
83
84 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
85 <para role="optional">
86 <xref linkend="cairo"/> (circular: build cairo and all its recommended
87 dependencies, including harfbuzz, first, then rebuild harfbuzz if the
88 cairo backend is needed),
89 <xref linkend="git"/>,
90 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
91 <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/FontTools/">FontTools</ulink>
92 (Python 3 module, for the test suite),
93 <ulink url="https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/">ragel</ulink>,
94 and <ulink url="https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime">wasm-micro-runtime</ulink>
95 </para>
96
97 <warning>
98 <para>
99 Recommended dependencies are not strictly required to build
100 the package. However, you might not get expected results at
101 runtime if you don't install them. Please do not report bugs
102 with this package if you <emphasis>have not</emphasis>
103 installed the recommended dependencies.
104 </para>
105 </warning>
106
107 </sect2>
108
109 <sect2 role="installation">
110 <title>Installation of HarfBuzz</title>
111
112 <para>
113 Install <application>HarfBuzz</application> by running the following
114 commands:
115 </para>
116
117<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
118cd build &amp;&amp;
119
120meson setup .. \
121 --prefix=/usr \
122 --buildtype=release \
123 -D graphite2=enabled &amp;&amp;
124ninja</userinput></screen>
125
126 <para>
127 To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
128 </para>
129
130 <para>
131 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
132 </para>
133
134<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
135 </sect2>
136
137 <sect2 role="commands">
138 <title>Command Explanations</title>
139
140 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
141 href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
142
143 <para>
144 <parameter>-D graphite2=enabled</parameter>: This switch enables
145 <application>Graphite2</application> support, which is required for
146 building <xref linkend="texlive"/> or <xref linkend="libreoffice"/>
147 with system harfbuzz.
148 </para>
149
150 <para>
151 <option>-D docs=disabled</option>: If <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> is
152 installed, the documentation is built and installed. This switch
153 prevents that.
154 </para>
155
156 </sect2>
157
158 <sect2 role="content">
159 <title>Contents</title>
160
161 <segmentedlist>
162 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
163 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
164 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
165
166 <seglistitem>
167 <seg>
168 hb-info,
169 hb-ot-shape-closure,
170 hb-shape,
171 hb-subset, and
172 hb-view (only if Cairo is installed)
173 </seg>
174 <seg>
175 libharfbuzz.so,
176 libharfbuzz-cairo.so (only if Cairo is installed),
177 libharfbuzz-gobject.so,
178 libharfbuzz-icu.so, and
179 libharfbuzz-subset.so
180 </seg>
181 <seg>
182 /usr/include/harbuzz,
183 /usr/lib/cmake/harfbuzz, and
184 /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/harfbuzz (optional)
185 </seg>
186 </seglistitem>
187 </segmentedlist>
188
189 <variablelist>
190 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
191 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
192 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
193
194 <varlistentry id="hb-info">
195 <term><command>hb-info</command></term>
196 <listitem>
197 <para>
198 is used for gathering information about fonts installed on the
199 system
200 </para>
201 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz hb-info">
202 <primary sortas="b-hb-info">hb-info</primary>
203 </indexterm>
204 </listitem>
205 </varlistentry>
206
207 <varlistentry id="hb-ot-shape-closure">
208 <term><command>hb-ot-shape-closure</command></term>
209 <listitem>
210 <para>
211 gives the set of characters contained in a string, represented as
212 single characters and/or single character names. Example:
213 <command>hb-ot-shape-closure
214 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf "Hello World."</command>
215 </para>
216 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz hb-ot-shape-closure">
217 <primary sortas="b-hb-ot-shape-closure">hb-ot-shape-closure</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry id="hb-shape">
223 <term><command>hb-shape</command></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>
226 is used for the conversion of text strings into positioned glyphs
227 </para>
228 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz hb-shape">
229 <primary sortas="b-hb-shape">hb-shape</primary>
230 </indexterm>
231 </listitem>
232 </varlistentry>
233
234 <varlistentry id="hb-subset">
235 <term><command>hb-subset</command></term>
236 <listitem>
237 <para>
238 is used to create subsets of fonts, and display text using them
239 </para>
240 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz hb-subset">
241 <primary sortas="b-hb-subset">hb-subset</primary>
242 </indexterm>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry id="hb-view">
247 <term><command>hb-view</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>
250 displays a graphical view of a string shape using a
251 particular font as a set of glyphs. The output format is
252 automatically defined by the file extension, the supported ones
253 being ansi/png/svg/pdf/ps/eps. For example:
254 <command>hb-view --output-file=hello.png
255 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf "Hello World."</command>
256 </para>
257 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz hb-view">
258 <primary sortas="b-hb-view">hb-view</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry id="libharfbuzz">
264 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libharfbuzz.so</filename></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>
267 is the HarfBuzz text shaping library
268 </para>
269 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz libharfbuzz">
270 <primary sortas="c-libharfbuzz">libharfbuzz.so</primary>
271 </indexterm>
272 </listitem>
273 </varlistentry>
274
275 <varlistentry id="libharfbuzz-cairo">
276 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libharfbuzz-cairo.so</filename></term>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>
279 provides Cairo integration for the Harfbuzz text shaping library
280 </para>
281 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz libharfbuzz-cairo">
282 <primary sortas="c-libharfbuzz-cairo">libharfbuzz-cairo</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="libharfbuzz-gobject">
288 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libharfbuzz-gobject.so</filename></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>
291 provides GObject integration for the HarfBuzz text shaping library
292 </para>
293 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz libharfbuzz-gobject">
294 <primary sortas="c-libharfbuzz-gobject">libharfbuzz-gobject.so</primary>
295 </indexterm>
296 </listitem>
297 </varlistentry>
298
299 <varlistentry id="libharfbuzz-icu">
300 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libharfbuzz-icu.so</filename></term>
301 <listitem>
302 <para>
303 provides ICU integration for the HarfBuzz text shaping library
304 </para>
305 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz libharfbuzz-icu">
306 <primary sortas="c-libharfbuzz-icu">libharfbuzz-icu.so</primary>
307 </indexterm>
308 </listitem>
309 </varlistentry>
310
311 <varlistentry id="libharfbuzz-subset">
312 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libharfbuzz-subset.so</filename></term>
313 <listitem>
314 <para>
315 provides API functions for performing subsetting operations on font
316 files
317 </para>
318 <indexterm zone="harfbuzz libharfbuzz-subset">
319 <primary sortas="c-libharfbuzz-subset">libharfbuzz-subset.so</primary>
320 </indexterm>
321 </listitem>
322 </varlistentry>
323
324 </variablelist>
325
326 </sect2>
327
328</sect1>
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