LibIDL

2007-02-11T21:31:25Z

84.2.193.133: /* Introduction to LibIDL */

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| http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libIDL/{{libIDL-Version}}/libIDL-{{libIDL-Version2}}.tar.bz2
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----

libIDL is a library licensed under the GNU LGPL for creating trees of
CORBA Interface Definition Language (IDL) files, which is a
specification for defining portable interfaces. libIDL was initially
written for ORBit (the ORB from the GNOME project, and the primary
means of libIDL distribution).

== Dependencies ==

=== Required ===
* [[Glib2]]
=== Optional to Build Documentation ===
* [[TeTeX]]

== Non-Multilib ==

Compile the package:

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

Install the package

make install

== Multilib ==

=== 32Bit ===

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD32}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}" \
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install &&
mv -v /usr/bin/libIDL-config-2{,-32}

=== N32 ===

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILDN32}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32}" \
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
make

Install the package

make install &&
mv -v /usr/bin/libIDL-config-2{,-n32}

=== 64Bit ===

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" \
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 &&
make

Install the package

make install &&
mv -v /usr/bin/libIDL-config-2{,-64} &&
ln -sfv multiarch_wrapper /usr/bin/libIDL-config-2

== Documentation ==

If you have [[TeTeX]] installed and wold like to build the documentation, Run the following command:

make pdf &&
make ps &&
make html &&
makeinfo --plaintext libIDL2.texi >libIDL2.txt

Install the documentation:

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libIDL-{{libIDL-Version2}}/html &&
install -v -m644 libIDL2.{pdf,dvi,ps,txt} README \
/usr/share/doc/libIDL-{{libIDL-Version2}} &&
install -v -m644 libIDL2.html/* /usr/share/doc/libIDL-{{libIDL-Version2}}/html

= Contents =

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! Installed Programs:
| libIDL-config-2
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! Installed Libraries:
| libIDL-2.{so,a}
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! Installed Directories:
| /usr/include/libIDL-2.0/libIDL and /usr/share/doc/libIDL-{{libIDL-Version2}}
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=== Short Descriptions ===

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! libIDL-config-2
| determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use libIDL-2.
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! libIDL-2.{so,a}
| libraries provide the functions to create and maintain trees of CORBA Interface Definition Language (IDL) files.
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