Libidn-0.6.14
Introduction to Libidn
Libidn is a package designed for
internationalized string handling based on the
Stringprep,
Punycode,
IDNA and
TLD specifications defined by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group,
used for internationalized domain names. This is useful for
converting data from the system's native representation into UTF-8,
transforming Unicode strings into ASCII strings, allowing
applications to use certain ASCII name labels (beginning with a
special prefix) to represent non-ASCII name labels, and converting
entire domain names to and from the ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE)
form.
Package Information
Libidn Dependencies
Optional
Emacs-22.1, pkg-config-0.22, GTK-Doc-1.8, a Java
compiler—one of (looked for in this order) GCC-4.1.2 (for gcj and you must also have the
gjdoc
package installed), Jikes or JDK-6 Update 5, and a C#
compiler—Mono or DotGNU
Portable.NET
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libidn
Installation of Libidn
Install Libidn by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
check.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
find doc -name "Makefile*" -exec rm {} \; &&
install -v -m755 -d \
/usr/share/doc/libidn-0.6.14/{api,java,specifications,tld} &&
install -v -m644 doc/components* \
doc/libidn.{pdf,ps,html} \
/usr/share/doc/libidn-0.6.14 &&
install -v -m644 doc/reference/html/* \
/usr/share/doc/libidn-0.6.14/api &&
install -v -m644 doc/specifications/* \
/usr/share/doc/libidn-0.6.14/specifications &&
install -v -m644 doc/tld/* /usr/share/doc/libidn-0.6.14/tld &&
cp -v -R doc/java/* /usr/share/doc/libidn-0.6.14/java
Command Explanations
--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if
GTK-Doc is installed and you wish
to rebuild the API documentation.
Contents
Installed Program:
idn
Installed Libraries:
libidn.{so,a} and optionally, Java and C#
modules
Installed Directory:
/usr/share/doc/libidn-0.6.14
Short Descriptions
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idn
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is a command line interface to the internationalized
domain name library.
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libidn.{so,a}
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contains a generic Stringprep implementation that does
Unicode 3.2 NFKC normalization, mapping and prohibition
of characters, and bidirectional character handling.
Profiles for Nameprep, iSCSI, SASL and XMPP are included
as well as support for Punycode and ASCII Compatible
Encoding (ACE) via IDNA. A mechanism to define Top-Level
Domain (TLD) specific validation tables, and to compare
strings against those tables, as well as default tables
for some TLDs are included.
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Last updated on 2008-08-24 11:52:33 -0500