Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.8

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libstatgrab-0.91

Introduction to libstatgrab

This is a library that provides cross platform access to statistics about the system on which it's run. It's written in C and presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access key system statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, network traffic, disk I/O, and more.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.8 platform.

Package Information

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

Installation of libstatgrab

Install libstatgrab by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr   \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libstatgrab-0.91 &&
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.

Contents

Installed Programs: saidar, statgrab, statgrab-make-mrtg-config, and statgrab-make-mrtg-index
Installed Library: libstatgrab.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/libstatgrab-0.91

Short Descriptions

saidar

is a curses-based tool for viewing system statistics.

statgrab

is a sysctl-style interface to system statistics.

statgrab-make-mrtg-config

generates MRTG configuration.

statgrab-make-mrtg-index

generates an XHTML index page from MRTG configuration files or stdin.

libstatgrab.so

contains the libstatgrab API functions.

Last updated on 2015-09-20 19:26:37 -0700