libbytesize-2.7

Introduction to libbytesize

The libbytesize package is a library which facilitates the common operations with sizes in bytes.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.

Download (HTTP): https://github.com/storaged-project/libbytesize/releases/download/2.7/libbytesize-2.7.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: c3f5b9bfbf67020c8b42225093321e23
Download size: 435 KB
Estimated disk space required: 3.7 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (including tests)

GTK-Doc-1.33.2, six-1.16.0 (needed for tests and python bindings), pocketlint (python module for one test), and polib (python module for one test)

Install libbytesize by running the following commands:

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

If you have the optional python modules installed, the regression tests can be run with: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Installed Programs: bscalc

Installed Library: libbytesize.so

Installed Directories: /usr/include/bytesize and /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/bytesize

bscalc	converts from a larger unit, such as MB or TB, back to a value in bytes
`libbytesize.so`	contains functions used to handle common read/write operations with sizes in bytes