Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version svn-20091118

Chapter 8. General Libraries

NSPR-4.8.2

Introduction to NSPR

Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

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

Installation of NSPR

Install NSPR by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../nspr-4.8.2-pkgconfig-1.patch &&
cd mozilla/nsprpub &&
./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-mozilla \
            --with-pthreads &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
cp -v -LR dist/include/nspr /usr/include

Command Explanations

--with-mozilla: This parameter adds Mozilla supprt to the libraries (required if you want to build any Mozilla products).

--with-pthreads: This parameter forces use of the system pthreads library.

Contents

Installed Programs: nspr-config
Installed Libraries: libnspr4.{a,so}, libplc4.{a,so}, and libplds4.{a.so}
Installed Directories: /usr/include/nspr

Short Descriptions

nspr-config

provides compiler and linker options to other packages that use NSPR.

Last updated on 2009-11-14 05:57:22 +0000