source: general/graphlib/librsvg.xml@ 1b48921

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY librsvg-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/librsvg/2.44/librsvg-&librsvg-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY librsvg-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/librsvg/2.44/librsvg-&librsvg-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY librsvg-md5sum        "487a8bae6bf6f1146837c6e08a51f1a8">
  <!ENTITY librsvg-size          "13.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY librsvg-buildsize     "860 MB (add 163 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY librsvg-time          "0.6 SBU (add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
]>

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

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

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

  <indexterm zone="librsvg">
    <primary sortas="a-librsvg">librsvg</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      The <application>librsvg</application> package contains
      a library and tools used to manipulate, convert and view
      Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) images.
    </para>

    &lfs83_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gdk-pixbuf"/>,
      <xref linkend="libcroco"/>,
      <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
      <xref linkend="pango"/>, and 
      <xref linkend="rust"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (For the <command>rsvg-view-3</command>), and
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>

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

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --enable-vala    \
            --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
      Many (17) tests fail due to differences between genereated images
      and reference images.
    </para>

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      <parameter>--enable-vala</parameter>: This switch enables
      building of the Vala bindings. Remove this switch if you don't have
      <xref linkend="vala"/> installed.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-introspection</option>: Use this switch if you have
      not installed <application>Gobject Introspection</application>.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          rsvg-convert and rsvg-view-3
        </seg>
        <seg>
          librsvg-2.so and libpixbufloader-svg.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/librsvg-2.0 and
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/rsvg-2.0
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="rsvg-convert">
        <term><command>rsvg-convert</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to convert images into PNG, PDF, PS, SVG and other formats.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="librsvg rsvg-convert">
            <primary sortas="b-rsvg-convert">rsvg-convert</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rsvg-view-3">
        <term><command>rsvg-view-3</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a simple GTK+ 3 application that can be used to view an SVG file.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="librsvg rsvg-view-3">
            <primary sortas="b-rsvg-view-3">rsvg-view-3</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="librsvg-2">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">librsvg-2.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides the functions to render Scalable Vector Graphics.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="librsvg librsvg-2">
            <primary sortas="c-librsvg-2">librsvg-2.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpixbufloader-svg">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpixbufloader-svg.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>Gdk Pixbuf</application> plugin that allows
            <application>GTK+</application> applications to render Scalable
            Vector Graphics images.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="librsvg libpixbufloader-svg">
            <primary sortas="c-libpixbufloader-svg">libpixbufloader-svg.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>