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

Chapter 8. General Libraries

liboil-0.3.17

Introduction to liboil

Liboil is a library of simple functions that are optimized for various CPUs.

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

Package Information

liboil Dependencies

Optional

GLib-2.30.1 and GTK-Doc-1.18

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

Installation of liboil

Install liboil 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

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Program: oil-bugreport
Installed Library: liboil-0.3{so,a}
Installed Directories: /usr/include/liboil-0.3 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/liboil

Short Descriptions

oil-bugreport

prints out API function stats.

liboil-0.3.{so,a}

contains the liboil API functions.

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