source: networking/netlibs/libnl.xml@ 41aa2901

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<!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 libnl-download-http
  "http://www.carisma.slowglass.com/~tgr/libnl/files/libnl-&libnl-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libnl-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libnl-md5sum        "6e0e7bad0674749d930dd9f285343d55">
  <!ENTITY libnl-size          "784 KB">
  <!ENTITY libnl-buildsize     "25 MB">
  <!ENTITY libnl-time          "0.3 SBU">
]>

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

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

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

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

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

    <para>
      The <application>libnl</application> suite is a collection of libraries
      providing APIs to netlink protocol based Linux kernel interfaces.
    </para>

    &lfs74_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="check"/> (for tests)
    </para>

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

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --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"/>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-cli</option>: Use this parameter if you
      don't want to install cli tools provided by the package.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          genl-ctrl-list, nl-class-add,     nl-class-delete, nl-classid-lookup,
          nl-class-list,  nl-cls-add,       nl-cls-delete,   nl-cls-list, 
          nl-link-list,   nl-pktloc-lookup, nl-qdisc-add,    nl-qdisc-delete, and 
          nl-qdisc-list
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libnl-3.so, 
          libnl-cli-3.so, 
          libnl-genl-3.so,
          libnl-idiag-3.so,
          libnl-nf-3.so, and 
          libnl-route-3.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/libnl,
          /usr/include/libnl3, and
          /usr/lib/libnl
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="libnl-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnl*-3.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            These libraries contain API functions used to access Netlink
            interfaces in Linux kernel.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libnl libnl-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libnl">libnl*-3.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>