source: general/graphlib/libmng.xml@ 09f7011

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

<!ENTITY libmng-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libmng/libmng-&libmng-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY libmng-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY libmng-size "498 KB">
<!ENTITY libmng-buildsize "13.7 MB">
<!ENTITY libmng-time "0.41 SBU">
]>

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

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

<para>The <application>libmng</application> libraries are used by programs
wanting to read and write Multiple-image Network Graphics 
(<acronym>MNG</acronym>) files which are the animation
equivalents to <acronym>PNG</acronym> files.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&libmng-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&libmng-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &libmng-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&libmng-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&libmng-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>libmng</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/> and <xref linkend="lcms"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput><command>chmod 755 autogen.sh &amp;&amp;
sh autogen.sh &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
cp doc/man/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3 &amp;&amp;
cp doc/man/*.5 /usr/share/man/man5</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

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

<para><command>sh autogen.sh</command>: This package does not ship
with a configure script. The autotool files need to be generated
before configuring the package.</para>

<para><command>cp doc/man/*.X /usr/share/man/manX</command>: The
install procedure doesn't install the man pages so they are copied 
manually.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>libmng</application> package contains 
<filename>libmng</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>MNG libraries</title>
<para><filename>libmng</filename> provides functions for programs wishing to
read and write <acronym>MNG</acronym> files which are animation files without
the patent problems associated with certain other formats.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>