Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 9. Graphics and Font Libraries

FriBidi-0.10.9

Introduction to FriBidi

The FriBidi package is an implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (bidi). This is useful for supporting Arabic and Hebrew alphabets in other packages.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-6.7 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/fribidi

Installation of FriBidi

Install FriBidi by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: prevent static libraries being built and installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: fribidi and fribidi-config
Installed Library: libfribidi.{so,a}
Installed Directory: /usr/include/fribidi

Short Descriptions

fribidi

is a command-line interface to the libfribidi library and can be used to convert a logical string to visual output.

fribidi-config

is used to acquire information about the installed libfribidi library.

libfribidi.{so,a}

contains functions used to implement the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.

Last updated on 2010-09-29 22:29:18 +0000