Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-06-18

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Apr-1.4.6

Introduction to Apr

The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a supporting library for the Apache web server. It provides a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that map to the underlying Operating System (OS). Where the OS doesn't support a particular function, APR will provide an emulation. Thus programmers can use the APR to make a program portable across different platforms.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.3 platform.

Package Information

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

Installation of Apr

Install Apr by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static \
  --with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr-1/build &&
make

To test the results, issue: make test.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This stops it from compiling a static version of libapr-1.

Contents

Installed Program: apr-1-config
Installed Library: libapr-1.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/apr and /usr/share/apr-1/build

Short Descriptions

apr-1-config

is a shell script used to retrieve information about the apr library in the system. It is typically used to compile and link against the library.

libapr-1.so

is the Apache Portable Runtime library.

Last updated on 2013-03-04 18:52:20 +0000