source: general/graphlib/libpng.xml@ 5eda319

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  <!ENTITY libpng-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/libpng/libpng-&libpng-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libpng-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libpng-md5sum        "590ecbecd6286810184fd3e66f151de3">
  <!ENTITY libpng-size          "839 KB">
  <!ENTITY libpng-buildsize     "12 MB">
  <!ENTITY libpng-time          "0.1 SBU">
  <!ENTITY apng-patch           "&sourceforge-repo2;/projects/libpng-apng/files/libpng15/1.5.7/libpng-1.5.7-apng.patch.gz">
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<sect1 id="libpng" xreflabel="libpng-&libpng-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libpng.html"?>

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

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

  <indexterm zone="libpng">
    <primary sortas="a-Libpng">Libpng</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>The <application>libpng</application> package contains libraries used
    by other programs for reading and writing PNG files.</para>

    &lfs70_checked;

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Optional patch to include apng functionality in
        <application>libpng</application> : <ulink url="&apng-patch;"/></para>
        <para>The patch is required if you want to use the system
        <application>libpng</application> in
        <application>Firefox</application>.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libpng"/></para>
  </sect2>

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

    <para>If you want to patch libpng to support apng files, apply the
    patch:</para>

<screen><userinput>gunzip --stdout ../libpng-&libpng-version;-apng.patch.gz | patch -Np1</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &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/doc/libpng-&libpng-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644    README libpng-manual.txt \
                    /usr/share/doc/libpng-&libpng-version;</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

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

    <para><option>--disable-static</option>: This option prevents it compiling
    the static archive versions of the libraries.</para>
  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>libpng-config and libpng15-config</seg>
        <seg>libpng.so and libpng15.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/libpng15 and
        /usr/share/doc/libpng-&libpng-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libpng-config">
        <term><command>libpng-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symlink to <command>libpng15-config</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libpng libpng-config">
            <primary sortas="g-libpng-config">libpng-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpng15-config">
        <term><command>libpng15-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides configuration information for
          <application>libpng</application>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libpng libpng15-config">
            <primary sortas="b-libpng15-config">libpng15-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpng15">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpng.so and
        libpng15.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>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.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libpng libpng15">
            <primary sortas="c-libpng15">libpng15.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
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