Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 10. General Utilities

Compface-1.4

Introduction to Compface

Compface provides utilities and a library to convert from/to X-Face format, a 48x48 bitmap format used to carry thumbnails of email authors in a mail header.

Package Information

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Installation of Compface

Install Compface by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../compface-1.4-errno-2.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: compface and uncompface
Installed Library: libcompface.[so,a]
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

compface

is a filter for generating highly compressed representations of 48x48x1 face image files.

uncompface

is an inverse filter which performs an inverse transformation with no loss of data.

libcompface.[so,a]

allows the compression and decompression algorithms to be used in other programs such as MTAs.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600