Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.6-systemd

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Ptlib-2.10.10

Introduction to Ptlib

The Ptlib (Portable Tools Library) package contains a class library that has its genesis many years ago as PWLib (portable Windows Library), a method to produce applications to run on various platforms.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

Ptlib Dependencies

Recommended

alsa-lib-1.0.28 and OpenSSL-1.0.1i

Optional

Cyrus SASL-2.1.26, libdc1394, libraw1394, Lua-5.2.3, OpenLDAP-2.4.39, PulseAudio-5.0, SDL-1.2.15, unixODBC-2.3.2, and Video4Linux

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

Installation of Ptlib

Install Ptlib by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../ptlib-2.10.10-bison_fixes-1.patch &&

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpt.so.2.10.10

Contents

Installed Program: ptlib-config
Installed Libraries: libpt.so and libpt_s.a
Installed Directories: /usr/include/ptclib, /usr/include/ptlib, /usr/lib/ptlib-2.10.10, and /usr/share/ptlib

Short Descriptions

libpt.so

contains the Ptlib API functions.

Last updated on 2014-08-25 07:57:00 -0700