Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.0

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Apr-1.7.4

Introduction to Apr

The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a supporting library for the Apache web server. It provides a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that map to the underlying Operating System (OS). Where the OS doesn't support a particular function, APR will provide an emulation. Thus programmers can use the APR to make a program portable across different platforms.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.0 platform.

Package Information

Installation of Apr

Install Apr by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr-1/build &&
make

To test the results, issue: make test.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Program: apr-1-config
Installed Library: libapr-1.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/apr-1 and /usr/share/apr-1

Short Descriptions

apr-1-config

is a shell script used to retrieve information about the apr library in the system. It is typically used to compile and link against the library

libapr-1.so

is the Apache Portable Runtime library