libxslt-1.1.26

Introduction to libxslt

The libxslt package contains XSLT libraries. These are useful for extending libxml2 libraries to support XSLT files.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

libxslt Dependencies

Required

libxml2-2.7.8

Optional

Python-2.7.2 and libgcrypt-1.5.0

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

Installation of libxslt

Install libxslt by running the following commands:

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: xslt-config and xsltproc
Installed Libraries: libexslt.{so,a}, libxslt.{so,a} and optionally, libxsltmod.{so,a} Python modules
Installed Directories: /usr/include/lib{e}xslt, /usr/lib/libxslt-plugins, /usr/share/doc/libxslt-1.1.26, and /usr/share/doc/libxslt-python-1.1.26

Short Descriptions

xslt-config

is used to find out the pre-processor, linking and compiling flags necessary to use the libxslt libraries in 3rd-party programs.

xsltproc

is used to apply XSLT stylesheets to XML documents.

libxslt.{so,a}

provides extensions to the libxml2 libraries to parse files that use the XSLT format.

libexslt.{so,a}

is used to provide extensions to XSLT functions.

Last updated on 2011-10-24 01:06:24 +0000