Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 6.3

Chapter 10. General Utilities

Recode-3.6

Introduction to Recode

The Recode package contains a program for converting text between character sets, and a library that exposes this functionality to other applications. Note that the same functionality (but with different API) is provided by iconv, which is installed in LFS as a part of Glibc.

[Note]

Note

The Recode package is no longer maintained upstream. Wishlist bugs such as http://bugs.debian.org/94966 will never be fixed.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

Recode Dependencies

Optional

Python-2.5.2 (for the “bigauto” test) and Dmalloc

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

Installation of Recode

Install Recode by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../recode-3.6-fixes-1.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-included-gettext &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. The testsuite will warn about the “bigauto” test being skipped. The editors did not attempt to run this test to the end, because it uses obsolete Python constructions.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--without-included-gettext: This parameter forces the use of gettext implementation provided by Glibc instead of the very old internal copy. The internal copy produces incorrect output in UTF-8 locales.

Contents

Installed Program: recode
Installed Library: librecode.{so,a}
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

recode

converts text between character sets.

librecode.{so,a}

contains functions for character set conversion.

Last updated on 2007-01-19 00:38:19 +0500