Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-868

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libical-3.0.18

Introduction to libical

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

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Package Information

libical Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.31.2

Recommended

GLib-2.82.4 (with GObject Introspection) and Vala-0.56.17 (both required for GNOME)

Optional

Doxygen-1.12.0 (for the API documentation), Graphviz-12.2.1 (for the API documentation), GTK-Doc-1.34.0 (for the API documentation), ICU-76.1, PyGObject-3.50.0 (for some tests), and Berkeley DB (deprecated)

Installation of libical

If ICU-76.1 is installed, fix an incompatibility with ICU 75 or later: 

sed -i '/getKeywordValuesForLocale/s/NULL/""/' src/libical/icalrecur.c

Install libical by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr  \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release   \
      -D SHARED_ONLY=yes            \
      -D ICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false      \
      -D ICAL_BUILD_EXAMPLES=false  \
      -D GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=true \
      -D ICAL_GLIB_VAPI=true        \
      .. &&
make

If you have Doxygen-1.12.0, Graphviz-12.2.1, and GTK-Doc-1.34.0 installed and wish to build the API documentation, you should remove the -D ICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false switch and issue: 

make docs

To test the results, issue: make test.

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-3.0.18/html &&
cp -vr apidocs/html/* /usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.18/html

Command Explanations

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

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

-D ICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false: This switch prevents building the GTK documentation. Remove if you want to build the documentation.

-D ICAL_BUILD_EXAMPLES=false: This switch prevents building examples. Remove if you want to build them.

-D GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=true: This switch is used to generate GObject metadata bindings.

-D ICAL_GLIB_VAPI=true: This switch is used in order to build bindings for Vala-0.56.17.

-D USE_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, libical-glib.so, libicalss_cxx.so, libicalss.so, and libicalvcal.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/libical, /usr/include/libical-glib, /usr/lib/cmake/LibIcal, /usr/libexec/libical, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libical-glib (optional), and /usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.18/html

Short Descriptions

libical.so

contains the libical API functions

libical_cxx.so

contains the libical C++ bindings

libical-glib.so

contains the libical glib 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