Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 10.0

Chapter 9. General Libraries

JSON-C-0.15

Introduction to JSON-C

The JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.0 platform.

Package Information

JSON-C Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.18.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/json-c

Installation of JSON-C

Install JSON-C by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, issue: make test.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libjson-c.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/json-c

Short Descriptions

libjson-c.so

contains the JSON-C API functions.

Last updated on 2020-08-16 21:26:53 -0700