%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ libgda-&libgda-version; libgda Introduction to libgda The libgda package provides a database access library for the GNOME project. &lfs70_built; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libgda-md5sum; Download size: &libgda-size; Estimated disk space required: &libgda-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libgda-time; libgda Dependencies Required and Optional , firebird, , or , , , , , , and User Notes: Installation of libgda Install libgda by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX \ --sysconfdir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR && \ --enable-system-sqlite && make To test the results, issue: make check. Note that the output is voluminous, and some tests appear to need the package to have been installed. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations --sysconfdir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR: This parameter ensures that the config file and test database are located consistently with the rest of a GNOME desktop, particularly where GNOME_PREFIX is /usr. : This switch prevents the static libraries being installed. : use the system version of sqlite3. Note that you must have compiled sqlite with -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA otherwise the internal version will be used. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories color.py, gda-browser-4.0, gda-control-center-4.0, gda-list-config (symlink to) gda-list-config-4.0, gda-list-server-op (symlink to) gda-list-server-op-4.0, gda-sql (symlink to) gda-sql-4.0, gda-test-connection-4.0, gdaui-demo-4.0, trml2html.py, and trml2pdf.py libgda-4.0.{so,a}, libgda-bdb.{so,a}, libgda-report-4.0.{so,a}, libgda-sqlcipher.{so,a}, libgda-sqlite.{so,a}, libgda-ui-4.0.{so,a}, libgda-ui-plugins.{so,a}, libgda-web.{so,a}, and libgda-xslt-4.0.{so,a} $GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/libgda-4.0, $GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/{bin/{gda_trml2html,gda_trml2pdf},include/libgda-4.0/{libgda-report,libgda-ui,libgda-xslt,libgda/{handlers,providers-support,sql-parser,sqlite,thread-wrapper,virtual}},lib/libgda-4.0/{plugins,providers},share/{gnome/help/gda-browser/{C/figures,de/figures,es/figures,sl/figures},gtk-doc/html/{gda-browser,libgda-4.0},libgda-4.0/{demo,dtd,icons/hicolor/{16x16/actions,22x22/actions,24x24/actions,32x32/actions,scalable/actions},language-specs,php,pixmaps,ui,web},locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES}} Short Descriptions gda-browser-4.0 is a graphical tool to provide a quick access to a database's structure and contents. gda-browser-4.0 gda-control-center-4.0 is a configuration tool for libgda. gda-control-center-4.0 gda-list-config-4.0 lists all the declared data sources and all the installed providers. gda-list-config-4.0 gda-list-server-op-4.0 lists available DDL operations for one or all of the installed providers. gda-list-server-op-4.0 gda-sql-4.0 is an interactive commandline tool to run SQL commands. gda-sql-4.0 gda-test-connection-4.0 is a 'ping' like tool to test connectivity to databases. gda-test-connection-4.0