Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.3

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

FriBidi-1.0.12

Introduction to FriBidi

The FriBidi package is an implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (BIDI). This is useful for supporting Arabic and Hebrew alphabets in other packages.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.

Package Information

FriBidi Dependencies

Optional

c2man (to build man pages)

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

Installation of FriBidi

Install FriBidi by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Program: fribidi
Installed Library: libfribidi.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/fribidi

Short Descriptions

fribidi

is a command-line interface to the libfribidi library and can be used to convert a logical string to visual output

libfribidi.so

contains functions used to implement the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm