Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3

Chapter 50. PostScript

MuPDF-1.13.0

Introduction to MuPDF

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer.

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

Package Information

Additional Downloads

MuPDF Dependencies

Required

Xorg Libraries

Recommended

Freeglut-3.0.0, HarfBuzz-1.8.8, Little CMS-2.9, libjpeg-turbo-2.0.0, OpenJPEG-2.3.0, and cURL-7.61.0

Optional

xdg-utils-1.1.3 (runtime), jbig2dec, and MuJS

Required (runtime)

X Window System

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

Installation of MuPDF

Install MuPDF by running the following commands: 

rm -rf thirdparty/curl     &&
rm -rf thirdparty/freeglut &&
rm -rf thirdparty/freetype &&
rm -rf thirdparty/harfbuzz &&
rm -rf thirdparty/jpeg     &&
rm -rf thirdparty/lcms2    &&
rm -rf thirdparty/libjpeg  &&
rm -rf thirdparty/openjpeg &&
rm -rf thirdparty/zlib     &&

patch -Np1 -i ../mupdf-1.13.0-shared_libs-1.patch &&

make build=release

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make prefix=/usr                      \
     build=release                    \
     docdir=/usr/share/doc/mupdf-1.13.0 \
     install                          &&

ln -sfv mupdf-x11 /usr/bin/mupdf

Command Explanations

ln -sfv mupdf-x11 /usr/bin/mupdf : Two mupdf executables are installed: mupdf-gl and mupdf-x11. This symbolic link allows to choose which one is used when running mupdf.

Contents

Installed Program: mupdf(symlink), mupdf-gl, mupdf-x11, and mutool
Installed Libraries: libmupdf.so, libmupdfthird.so, libmupkcs7.so, and libmuthreads.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/mupdf, /usr/share/doc/mupdf-1.13.0

Short Descriptions

mupdf

is a program for viewing PDF, XPS, EPUB, and CBZ documents, and various image formats such as PNG, JPEG, GIFF, and TIFF.

mupdf-gl

same as mupdf, using an opengl renderer.

mupdf-x11

same as mupdf, using an X Window renderer.

libmupdf.so

contains the mupdf API functions.

libmupdfthird.so

contains the third party libraries compiled for mudpf.

Last updated on 2018-08-25 09:17:21 -0700