brotli-1.1.0

Introduction to Brotli

Brotli provides a general-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context modeling. Its libraries are particularly used for WOFF2 fonts on webpages.

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Note

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Package Information

Brotli Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.27.8

Optional

pytest-7.4.3 (for testing Python3 bindings)

Installation of Brotli

Install brotli by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      ..  &&
make

To test the results, issue: make test.

Now, as the root user:

make install

If desired, build the Python3 bindings:

cd .. &&
sed "/c\/.*\.[ch]'/d;\
     /include_dirs=\[/\
     i libraries=['brotlicommon','brotlidec','brotlienc']," \
    -i setup.py &&
pip3 wheel -w dist --no-build-isolation --no-deps --no-cache-dir $PWD

Install the Python3 bindings as the root user:

pip3 install --no-index --find-links=dist --no-cache-dir --no-user Brotli

To test the Python3 binding, issue: pytest.

Command Explanations

sed ... -i setup.py: Stop setup.py from rebuilding the entire package all over again, use the already installed libraries for the Python3 binding instead.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: brotli
Installed Libraries: libbrotlicommon.so, libbrotlidec.so, and libbrotlienc.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/brotli and /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/Brotli-1.1.0.dist-info (if you built and installed the Python3 bindings)

Short Descriptions

brotli

can compress or decompress files, or test the integrity of compressed files

libbrotlicommon{-static.a,.so}

is the Brotli common dictionary library

libbrotlidec{-static.a,.so}

is the Brotli decoder library

libbrotlienc{-static.a,.so}

is the Brotli common encoder library