source: general/graphlib/libspiro.xml@ 83e98db

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  <!ENTITY libspiro-md5sum        "c21f86e6c1ad65ed4cb1f754f6d7563c">
  <!ENTITY libspiro-size          "428 KB">
  <!ENTITY libspiro-buildsize     "5.1 MB (add 1.3 MB if running the tests)">
  <!ENTITY libspiro-time          "0.1 SBU">
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<sect1 id="libspiro" xreflabel="libspiro-&libspiro-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libspiro.html"?>


  <title>Libspiro-&libspiro-version;</title>

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

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

    <para>
      <application>Libspiro</application> will take an array of spiro control
      points and convert them into a series of bezier splines which can then be
      used in the myriad of ways the world has come to use beziers.
    </para>

    &lfs113_checked;

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

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

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

    <para>
      Install <application>libspiro</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</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

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

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

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libspiro.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libspiro-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libspiro.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a shareable library that can be used by programs to do the Spiro
            computations for you
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libspiro libspiro-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libspiro">libspiro.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>

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