Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.0-816

Chapter 13. Programming

slang-2.3.3

Introduction to slang

S-Lang (slang) is an interpreted language that may be embedded into an application to make the application extensible. It provides facilities required by interactive applications such as display/screen management, keyboard input and keymaps.

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Package Information

Slang Dependencies

Optional

libpng-1.6.40, PCRE-8.45, and Oniguruma

Installation of Slang

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This package does not support parallel build.

Install slang by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --with-readline=gnu &&
make -j1

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install_doc_dir=/usr/share/doc/slang-2.3.3   \
     SLSH_DOC_DIR=/usr/share/doc/slang-2.3.3/slsh \
     install

Command Explanations

--with-readline=gnu: This parameter sets GNU Readline to be used by the parser interface instead of the slang internal version.

make install_doc_dir=/usr/share/doc/slang-2.3.3 SLSH_DOC_DIR=/usr/share/doc/slang-2.3.3/slsh install: This command installs this package with a versioned documentation installation directory.

Configuring slang

Config Files

~/.slshrc and /etc/slsh.rc

Contents

Installed Program: slsh
Installed Libraries: libslang.so and numerous support modules
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/slang, /usr/share/doc/slang-2.3.3 and /usr/share/slsh

Short Descriptions

slsh

is a simple program for interpreting slang scripts. It supports dynamic loading of slang modules and includes a Readline interface for interactive use