Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.9

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Ptlib-2.10.11

Introduction to Ptlib

The Ptlib (Portable Tools Library) package contains a class library that has its genesis many years ago as PWLib (portable Windows Library), a method to produce applications to run on various platforms.

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

Package Information

Additional Downloads

Ptlib Dependencies

Recommended

alsa-lib-1.1.0 and OpenSSL-1.0.2g

Optional

Cyrus SASL-2.1.26, Lua-5.3.2, OpenLDAP-2.4.44, PulseAudio-8.0, SDL-1.2.15, unixODBC-2.3.4, v4l-utils-1.10.0, libdc1394, and libraw1394,

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

Installation of Ptlib

Install Ptlib by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../ptlib-2.10.11-bison_fixes-1.patch &&

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpt.so.2.10.11

Contents

Installed Program: ptlib-config
Installed Libraries: libpt.so and libpt_s.a
Installed Directories: /usr/include/ptclib, /usr/include/ptlib, /usr/lib/ptlib-2.10.11, and /usr/share/ptlib

Short Descriptions

ptlib-config

determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use libpt.

libpt.so

contains the Ptlib API functions.

Last updated on 2016-03-02 18:22:08 -0800