1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY asymptote-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/sourceforge/asymptote/asymptote-&asymptote-version;.src.tgz">
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8 | <!ENTITY asymptote-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY asymptote-md5sum "9c817c2a9763294d3b66e4b57054eed3">
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10 | <!ENTITY asymptote-size "1.8 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY asymptote-buildsize "163 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY asymptote-time "2.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="asymptote" xreflabel="asymptote-&asymptote-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="asymptote.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>asymptote-&asymptote-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="asymptote">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-asymptote">asymptote</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to asymptote</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | <application>Asymptote</application> is a powerful descriptive vector
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34 | graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for
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35 | technical drawing. Labels and equations can be typeset with LaTeX.
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36 | </para>
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37 |
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38 | &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
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39 |
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40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>
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44 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&asymptote-download-http;"/>
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45 | </para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>
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49 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&asymptote-download-ftp;"/>
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50 | </para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>
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54 | Download MD5 sum: &asymptote-md5sum;
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55 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Download size: &asymptote-size;
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Estimated disk space required: &asymptote-buildsize;
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>
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69 | Estimated build time: &asymptote-time;
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70 | </para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </itemizedlist>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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75 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>
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78 | Required patch:
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79 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/asymptote-&asymptote-version;-ghostscript_fix-1.patch"/>
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80 | </para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | </itemizedlist>
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83 |
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Asymptote Dependencies</bridgehead>
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85 |
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86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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87 | <para role="required">
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88 | <xref linkend="gs"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="texlive"/>
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90 | </para>
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91 |
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92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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93 | <para role="recommended">
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94 | <xref linkend="freeglut"/> (for 3D drawing)
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95 | </para>
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96 |
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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98 | <para role="optional">
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99 | <ulink url="http://www.fftw.org/">FFTW</ulink>,
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100 | <xref linkend="gsl"/>
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101 | </para>
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102 |
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103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (at runtime, to use xasy)</bridgehead>
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104 | <para role="optional">
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105 | <ulink url="http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz">Imaging</ulink>
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106 | which needs
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107 | <!-- hard-coded because I'm not sure if the book scripts will find this and move
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108 | it to svn/ -->
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109 | <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/downloads/Imaging/Imaging-1.1.7-freetype_fix-1.patch">Imaging-1.1.7-freetype_fix-1.patch</ulink>
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110 | and has a build dependency of
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111 | <xref linkend="python2"/> (re-) compiled against <xref linkend="tk"/>
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112 | to provide <filename>_tkinter.so</filename>
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113 | </para>
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114 |
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115 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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116 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/asymptote"/>
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117 | </para>
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118 | </sect2>
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119 |
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120 | <sect2 role="installation">
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121 | <title>Installation of asymptote</title>
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122 |
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123 | <para>
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124 | Install <application>asymptote</application> by running the following
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125 | commands:
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126 | </para>
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127 |
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128 | <screen><userinput>export TEXARCH=$(uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/i386/' -e 's/$/-linux/') &&
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129 | patch -Np1 -i ../asymptote-&asymptote-version;-ghostscript_fix-1.patch &&
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130 | ./configure --prefix=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year; \
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131 | --bindir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/bin/$TEXARCH \
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132 | --datarootdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year; \
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133 | --libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist \
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134 | --mandir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/man &&
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135 | make</userinput></screen>
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136 |
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137 | <para>
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138 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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139 | </para>
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140 |
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141 | <para>
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142 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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143 | </para>
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144 |
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145 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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146 |
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147 | </sect2>
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148 |
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149 | <sect2 role="commands">
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150 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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151 |
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152 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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153 | href="../../xincludes/tex-prefix.xml"/>
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154 |
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155 | <para><parameter>--libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist;</parameter>:
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156 | This parameter ensures that the <filename class="directory">asymptote</filename>
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157 | directory will similarly overwrite any files installed by install-tl-unx.</para>
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158 |
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159 | </sect2>
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160 |
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161 | <sect2 role="content">
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162 | <title>Contents</title>
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163 |
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164 | <segmentedlist>
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165 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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166 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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167 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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168 |
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169 | <seglistitem>
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170 | <seg>
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171 | asy, xasy
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172 | </seg>
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173 | <seg>
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174 | None
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175 | </seg>
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176 | <seg>
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177 | /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/asymptote, /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/doc/asymptote,
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178 | /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/info/asymptote
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179 | </seg>
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180 | </seglistitem>
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181 | </segmentedlist>
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182 |
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183 | <variablelist>
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184 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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185 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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186 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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187 |
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188 | <varlistentry id="asy">
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189 | <term><command>asy</command></term>
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190 | <listitem>
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191 | <para>
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192 | is a vector graphics program.
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193 | </para>
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194 | <indexterm zone="asymptote asy">
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195 | <primary sortas="b-asy">asy</primary>
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196 | </indexterm>
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197 | </listitem>
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198 | </varlistentry>
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199 |
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200 | <varlistentry id="xasy">
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201 | <term><command>xasy</command></term>
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202 | <listitem>
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203 | <para>
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204 | is a Python script providing the preliminary GUI for asy. It can be
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205 | used for final adjustments of an existing asy file.
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206 | </para>
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207 | <indexterm zone="asymptote xasy">
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208 | <primary sortas="b-xasy">xasy</primary>
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209 | </indexterm>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 | </varlistentry>
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212 |
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213 | </variablelist>
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214 |
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215 | </sect2>
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216 |
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217 | </sect1>
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