Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.5

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Exempi-2.2.1

Introduction to Exempi

Exempi is an implementation of XMP (Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5 platform.

Package Information

Exempi Dependencies

Required

Boost-1.55.0

Optional

Valgrind

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

Installation of Exempi

Install Exempi by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. If Valgrind is installed, mosts tests will indicate a failure, but that is a test problem and not a package problem.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Program: exempi
Installed Library: libexempi.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/exempi-2.0

Short Descriptions

libexempi.so

is a library used to parse XMP metadata.

Last updated on 2014-02-22 07:06:53 -0800