Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.9

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libdaemon-0.14

Introduction to libdaemon

The libdaemon package is a lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemons.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.9 platform.

Package Information

libdaemon Dependencies

Optional

Doxygen-1.8.11 and Lynx-2.8.8rel.2

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

Installation of libdaemon

Install libdaemon by running the following commands: 

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

If you have Doxygen installed and wish to build the API documentation, issue the following command: 

make -C doc doxygen

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make docdir=/usr/share/doc/libdaemon-0.14 install

If you built the API documentation, install it using the following commands as the root user: 

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libdaemon-0.14/api &&
install -v -m644 doc/reference/html/* /usr/share/doc/libdaemon-0.14/api &&
install -v -m644 doc/reference/man/man3/* /usr/share/man/man3

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libdaemon.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libdaemon and /usr/share/doc/libdaemon-0.14

Short Descriptions

libdaemon.so

contains the libdaemon API functions.

Last updated on 2016-02-24 19:22:02 -0800