Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2015-03-06-multilib

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libunistring-0.9.5

Introduction to libunistring

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

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.7 platform.

Package Information

libunistring Dependencies

Optional

texlive-20140525 (or install-tl-unx) (to rebuild the documentation)

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

Installation of libunistring

Install libunistring by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libunistring-0.9.5 &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libunistring.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/unistring and /usr/share/doc/libunistring-0.9.5

Short Descriptions

libunistring.{a,so}

provides the unicode string library API.

Last updated on 2015-02-20 19:04:13 -0500