Gaming Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version #9362

Chapter 3. Networking

libunistring-1.4.1

Introduction to libunistring

libunistring is a library that provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard.

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Note

This may take a while to build. Feel free to do something else while this is building.

Installation of libunistring

Install libunistring by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libunistring-1.4.1 &&

make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

lib32 Installation of lib32-libunistring

Install lib32-libunistring by running the following commands: 

make distclean &&
CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32"         \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
./configure --prefix=/usr            \
            --libdir=/usr/lib32      \
            --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
            --disable-static &&

make

Now as the root user: 

make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install     &&
cp -vr DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32 &&
rm -rf DESTDIR                        &&
ldconfig

Command Explanations

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Note

Run ./configure --help for a full list of options.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libunistring
Installed Directory: /usr/include/unistring and /usr/share/doc/libunistring-1.4.1

Short Descriptions

libunistring

provides the unicode string library API