popt-1.7

Introduction to popt

Download location (HTTP):       
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.1.x/popt-1.7.tar.gz
Version used:                   1.7
Package size:                   200 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  4 MB
Estimated build time:           0.10 SBU

The popt package contains the popt libraries which are used by some programs to parse command line options.

Installation of popt

Install popt by running the following commands:

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

Configuring popt

Configuration Information

As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.

Contents

The popt package contains the libpopt libraries.

Description

popt library

The popt library is used to parse command line options.