libmcs-0.7.1
Introduction to libmcs
The libmcs package is a library
and set of tools which abstract the storage of configuration
settings away from userland applications. There are similar
projects like this (such as GConf), but unlike those projects,
libmcs strictly handles
abstraction. It does not impose any specific data storage
requirement, nor is it tied to any desktop environment or software
suite.
Package Information
libmcs Dependencies
Required
libmowgli-0.9.95
Optional
GConf-2.28.1 and kdelibs-3.5.13
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/mcs
Installation of libmcs
Install libmcs by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
install -v -m644 -D README /usr/share/doc/libmcs-0.7.1/README
Command Explanations
--with-qt-path=/usr/share/qt: If you
have kdelibs-3.5.13 installed, you must pass
additional parameters to the configure script to identify the
location of Qt and, possibly, KDE libraries and interface headers.
--disable-kconfig: If configure finds libkdecore from kdelibs, it does not test to check it is
indeed the kde3 version and will
try to use it (and fail if it is the kde4 version). This switch will prevent that.
For additional information about the various storage backends
(including the default XDG-compliant backend), see the README file in the source tree.
Configuring libmcs
There are various ways to configure libmcs to use a specific backend on a
site-wide or individual user basis. If the default file-based
storage backend is suitable, no configuration steps are required.
See section 2 of the README file in
the source tree for details.
Contents
Installed Programs:
mcs-getconfval, mcs-info,
mcs-query-backends and mcs-setconfval
Installed Libraries:
libmcs.so and backend storage
modules
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/libmcs, /usr/lib/mcs and
/usr/share/doc/libmcs-0.7.1
Short Descriptions
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mcs-getconfval
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queries libmcs for a
configuration value.
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mcs-info
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displays information about the current installation and
configuration of libmcs.
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mcs-query-backends
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queries libmcs to
determine what backends are available.
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mcs-setconfval
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instructs libmcs to
change a configuration value.
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libmcs.so
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contains the API functions required by the libmcs userspace tools.
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Last updated on 2008-12-02 01:02:41 +0000