Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libgsf-1.14.28

Introduction to libgsf

The libgsf package contains the library used for providing an extensible input/output abstraction layer for structured file formats.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

libgsf Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.36.4, Intltool-0.50.2 and libxml2-2.9.1

Recommended

gdk-pixbuf-2.28.2 (To build gsf-office-thumbnailer)

Optional

gobject-introspection-1.36.0 and GTK-Doc-1.19

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

Installation of libgsf

Install libgsf by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: gsf, gsf-office-thumbnailer, and gsf-vba-dump
Installed Library: libgsf-1.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libgsf-1 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gsf

Short Descriptions

gsf

is a simple archive utility, somewhat similar to tar(1).

gsf-office-thumbnailer

is used internally by GNOME applications such as Nautilus to generate thumbnails of several types of office application files.

gsf-vba-dump

is used to extract Visual Basic for Applications macros from files.

libgsf-1.so

contains the libgsf API functions.

Last updated on 2013-08-25 13:13:24 -0700