%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ The libpng package contains libraries used by other programs for reading and writing PNG files. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): MD5 Sum: &libpng-md5; Download size: &libpng-size; Estimated disk space required: &libpng-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libpng-time; Required Patch to explicitly link libpng against system libraries: Install libpng by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../libpng-&libpng-version;-link_to_proper_libs-1.patch && make prefix=/usr ZLIBINC=/usr/include \ ZLIBLIB=/usr/lib -f scripts/makefile.linux && make prefix=/usr install -f scripts/makefile.linux ZLIBINC=/usr/include ZLIBLIB=/usr/lib: This forces libpng to look for the zlib includes and libraries where they are installed. -f scripts/makefile.linux: This points make at the Linux version of the Makefile as libpng doesn't use an autoconf routine. Instead it has various Makefiles for different platforms. The libpng package contains libpng libraries and libpng-config. The libpng libraries are a collection of routines used to create and manipulate PNG format graphics files. The PNG format was designed as a replacement for GIF and, to a lesser extent, TIFF, with many improvements and extensions and lack of patent problems. libpng-config provides configuration info for libpng.