Gaming Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version #1d37

Chapter 3. Networking

NSPR-4.37

Introduction to NSPR

Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions.

Installation of NSPR

Install NSPR by running the following commands: 

cd nspr &&

sed -i '/^RELEASE/s|^|#|' pr/src/misc/Makefile.in &&
sed -i 's|$(LIBRARY) ||'  config/rules.mk         &&

./configure --prefix=/usr   \
            --with-mozilla  \
            --with-pthreads \
            --enable-64bit &&

make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

lib32 Installation of NSPR

Install lib32-NSPR 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 \
            --with-mozilla           \
            --with-pthreads          \
            --disable-64bit &&

make

Now, as the root user: 

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

Command Explanations

[Note]

Note

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

sed -ri '/^RELEASE/s/^/#/' pr/src/misc/Makefile.in: This sed disables installing two unneeded scripts.

sed -i 's#$(LIBRARY) ##' config/rules.mk: This sed disables installing the static libraries.

--with-mozilla: This parameter adds Mozilla support to the libraries (required if you want to build any other Mozilla products and link them to these libraries).

--with-pthreads: This parameter forces use of the system pthread library.

--enable-64bit: The --enable-64bit parameter is required on an x86_64 system to prevent configure failing with a claim that this is a system without pthread support.

--disable-64bit: This parameter disables building for 64-bit in the lib32 installation.

Contents

Installed Programs: nspr-config
Installed Libraries: libnspr4, libplc4, and libplds4
Installed Directories: /usr/include/nspr

Short Descriptions

nspr-config

provides compiler and linker options to other packages that use NSPR

libnspr4

contains functions that provide platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities such as threads, thread synchronization, normal file and network I/O, interval timing and calendar time, basic memory management and shared library linking

libplc4

contains functions that implement many of the features offered by libnspr4

libplds4

contains functions that provide data structures