Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libical-3.0.4

Introduction to libical

The libical package contains an implementation of the iCalendar protocols and data formats.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

libical Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.12.1

Optional

Berkeley DB-5.3.28, Doxygen-1.8.14 (for the API documentation), gobject-introspection-1.56.1, and ICU-62.1

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

Installation of libical

Install libical by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr      \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release       \
      -DSHARED_ONLY=yes                \
      .. &&
make

If you have Doxygen-1.8.14 installed and wish to build the API documentation, issue: 

make docs

To test the results, issue: make test. One test, timezones, is known to fail.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

If you have built the API documentation, install by issuing, as root user: 

install -vdm755 /usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.4/html &&
cp -vr apidocs/html/* /usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.4/html

Command Explanations

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release: This switch is used to apply higher level of the compiler optimizations.

-DSHARED_ONLY=yes: This switch is used in order to only build the shared libraries.

-DUSE_BUILTIN_TZDATA=yes: This switch is used in order to build using your own timezone data.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libical_cxx.so, libical.so, libicalss_cxx.so, libicalss.so, and libicalvcal.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/libical, /usr/lib/cmake/LibIcal and /usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.4/html

Short Descriptions

libical.so

contains the libical API functions.

libical_cxx.so

contains the libical C++ bindings.

libicalss.so

is a library that allows you to store iCal component data to disk in a variety of ways.

libicalss_cxx.so

contains the libicalss C++ bindings.

libicalvcal.so

is a vCard/vCalendar C interface.

Last updated on 2018-08-25 14:33:31 -0700