Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 9.0

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libical-3.0.5

Introduction to libical

The libical package contains an implementation of the iCalendar protocols and data formats.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

Package Information

libical Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.15.2

Optional

Berkeley DB-5.3.28, Doxygen-1.8.16 (for the API documentation), gobject-introspection-1.60.2, and ICU-64.2

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

Installation of libical

Install libical by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr      \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release       \
      -DSHARED_ONLY=yes                \
      -DICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false          \
      .. &&
make

To test the results, issue: make test. One test, timezones, is known to fail on SysV systems.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release: This switch is used to apply higher level of the compiler optimizations.

-DSHARED_ONLY=yes: This switch is used in order to only build the shared libraries.

-DICAL_BUILD_DOCS=false: This switch prevents building the GTK documentation, because gtk-doc-1.30 is broken. Unfortunately, it also prevents building the API documentation.

-DUSE_BUILTIN_TZDATA=yes: This switch is used in order to build using your own timezone data.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libical_cxx.so, libical.so, libicalss_cxx.so, libicalss.so, and libicalvcal.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/libical, /usr/lib/cmake/LibIcal and /usr/share/doc/libical-3.0.5/html

Short Descriptions

libical.so

contains the libical API functions.

libical_cxx.so

contains the libical C++ bindings.

libicalss.so

is a library that allows you to store iCal component data to disk in a variety of ways.

libicalss_cxx.so

contains the libicalss C++ bindings.

libicalvcal.so

is a vCard/vCalendar C interface.

Last updated on 2019-08-18 13:33:32 -0700