Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.1

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libuv-1.43.0

Introduction to libuv

The libuv package is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.1 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.43.0/libuv-v1.43.0.tar.gz

  • Download MD5 sum: 2e2fd46f60ff73b17a04add5a934b2e9

  • Download size: 1.2 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 14 MB (add 13 MB for tests)

  • Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 0.5 SBU for tests)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libuv

Installation of libuv

Install libuv by running the following commands:

[Caution]

Caution

The sh autogen.sh command below fails if the ACLOCAL environment variable is set as specified in Xorg-7. If it is used, ACLOCAL needs to be unset for this package and then reset for other packages. 

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

If you want to run the tests, run: make check as a non-root user.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libuv.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/uv

Short Descriptions

libuv.so

contains API functions for asynchronous I/O operations

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