source: pst/typesetting/asymptote.xml@ f87fa82b

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY asymptote-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/asymptote/asymptote-&asymptote-version;.src.tgz">
  <!ENTITY asymptote-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY asymptote-md5sum        "38fa6c77881a006c1b5b22f382ac8d8b">
  <!ENTITY asymptote-size          "4.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY asymptote-buildsize     "197 MB (with all the dependencies which are within BLFS)">
  <!ENTITY asymptote-time          "2.4 SBU">
]>

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

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

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

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

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

    <para>
      <application>Asymptote</application> is a powerful descriptive vector
      graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for
      technical drawing. Labels and equations can be typeset with LaTeX.  As
      well as EPS, PDF and PNG output it can produce WebGL 3D HTML rendering
      and (using <application>dvisvgm</application>) SVG output.
    </para>

    &lfs90_checked;

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gs"/> and
      <xref linkend="texlive"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="freeglut"/>,
      <xref linkend="gc"/>,
      <xref linkend="glew"/>,
      <xref linkend="glm"/> and
      <xref linkend="libtirpc"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended at runtime</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="dvisvgm"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="fftw"/>,
      <xref linkend="gsl"/>,
      <xref linkend="libsigsegv"/>

    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (at runtime, to use xasy)</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/PyQt5/">PyQt5</ulink> (not tested),
      which has a build dependency of <xref linkend="qt5"/>
    </para>

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

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of asymptote</title>
<!--
    <note>
      <para>
        At the moment, there are issues in building <application>dvisvgm</application>.
        Without that, <command>asy</command> cannot create svg files. The current
        source, for those who need it, can be found at <ulink url="https://dvisvgm.de/"/>
      </para>
    </note>
-->
    <para>
      Install <application>asymptote</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>export TEXARCH=$(uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/i386/' -e 's/$/-linux/') &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;                          \
            --bindir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/bin/$TEXARCH             \
            --datarootdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist          \
            --infodir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/info     \
            --libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist               \
            --mandir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/man       \
            --enable-gc=system                                  \
            --with-latex=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/latex \
            --with-context=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/context/third &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/tex-prefix.xml"/>

    <para><parameter>--libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist;</parameter>:
    This parameter ensures that the <filename class="directory">asymptote</filename>
    directory will similarly overwrite any files installed by install-tl-unx.</para>

    <para><parameter>--enable-gc=system</parameter>: this ensures that the system
    version of <filename class="libraryfile">libgc.so</filename> will be used
    instead of the version shipped with this package.</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-latex= ... --with-context=</parameter>: These switches
    ensure that style files and a tex file will be installed into the
    <application>texlive</application> directories instead of creating a
    <filename class="directory">texmf-local</filename> directory for them.</para>

    <!-- commenting for now: 2.44 installs asymptote.info in both places
     so the old version no longer remains

    <para>
      <command>rm -fv /opt/texlive/.../asymptote.info</command>:
      This deletes the file installed by <application>texlive</application>.
      Exceptionally, asymptote will create an <filename
      class="directory">asymptote/</filename> subdirectory for its own
      <filename>asymptote.info</filename> even though a possibly older
      version from <xref linkend="texlive"/> is in the main
      <application>texlive</application>
      <filename class="directory">info/</filename> directory. Both the
      new version and the existing <filename>asy-faq.info</filename>
      <emphasis>will</emphasis> be found by <command>info</command>.
    </para>-->

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          asy, xasy
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;texmf-dist/asymptote,
          /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/doc/asymptote,
          /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/info/asymptote
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="asy">
        <term><command>asy</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a vector graphics program.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="asymptote asy">
            <primary sortas="b-asy">asy</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xasy">
        <term><command>xasy</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a Python3 script providing a Qt5 GUI for asy.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="asymptote xasy">
            <primary sortas="b-xasy">xasy</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>