Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libuv-1.41.0

Introduction to libuv

The libuv package is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.41.0/libuv-v1.41.0.tar.gz

  • Download MD5 sum: d990b0770dd2b15f7a8399580d55d32c

  • Download size: 1.2 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 14 MB (add 12 MB for tests)

  • Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 0.4 SBU for tests)

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

Installation of libuv

Install libuv by running the following commands:

[Caution]

Caution

The sh autogen.sh command below fails if the ACLOCAL environment variable is set as specified in Xorg-7. If it is used, ACLOCAL needs to be unset for this package and then reset for other packages. 

sh autogen.sh                              &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

If you want to run the tests, run: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libuv.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/uv

Short Descriptions

libuv.so

contains API functions for asynchronous I/O operations

Last updated on 2021-02-19 21:30:09 -0800