Changeset 9b4f389 for general/graphlib/libtiff.xml

Timestamp:

07/08/2004 11:38:05 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Igor Živković <igor@…>

Branches:

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Children:

682f8ef8

Parents:

7f971cb

Message:

Described how to add LZW compression support to libtiff, suggested by Dan Osterrath.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2432 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• general/graphlib/libtiff.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

general/graphlib/libtiff.xml

@@ -34 +34 @@
 </sect3>
                                                                                
+<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
+<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+<listitem><para>LZW compression support: <ulink
+url="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/libtiff/libtiff-lzw-compression-kit-1.5.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist></sect3>
+
 <sect3><title><application>libtiff</application> dependencies</title>
 <sect4><title>Optional</title>
@@ -44 +50 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of <application>libtiff</application></title>
+
+<para>If you wish to allow the creation of compressed
+<acronym>TIFF</acronym> images, download the <acronym>LZW</acronym>
+Compression Kit and copy the provided <filename>tif_lzw.c</filename>
+file to the <filename class="directory">libtiff</filename> subdirectory
+of the <application>libtiff</application> source tree.</para>
                                                                                
 <para>Install <application>libtiff</application> by running the following commands:</para>
@@ -53 +65 @@
 make install</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                                
-<note><para>configure prints false error messages that it is unable to find thelibrary directories for ZIP (and JPEG) support. Ignore them. To verify that
-<filename>libtiff</filename> is indeed linked to these libraries, use the
-<command>ldd</command> command.</para></note>
-                                                                               
 </sect2>
 
@@ -64 +72 @@
 <para><option>--noninteractive</option>: This switch is used to
 avoid the configuration routine asking for confirmation of the
-installation directories (which we pass to configure).</para>
+installation directories (which we pass to <command>configure</command>).</para>
                                                                                
 <para><parameter>--with-DIR_MAN=/usr/share/man</parameter>: This is used
 because despite the fact we pass <parameter>--prefix=/usr</parameter>, the
-configure routine tries to install the man pages in <filename
+<command>configure</command> routine tries to install the man pages in <filename
 class="directory">/usr/local/man</filename> instead of the correct
 place.</para>