Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.1

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libgsf-1.14.52

Introduction to libgsf

The libgsf package contains a library used for providing an extensible input/output abstraction layer for structured file formats.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1 platform.

Package Information

libgsf Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.78.4 and libxml2-2.12.5

Recommended

gdk-pixbuf-2.42.10 (To build gsf-office-thumbnailer)

Optional

gobject-introspection-1.78.1, GTK-Doc-1.33.2, and Valgrind-3.22.0 (for tests)

Installation of libgsf

Install libgsf by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: gsf, gsf-office-thumbnailer, and gsf-vba-dump
Installed Library: libgsf-1.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libgsf-1, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gsf and /usr/share/thumbnailers

Short Descriptions

gsf

is a simple archive utility, somewhat similar to tar(1)

gsf-office-thumbnailer

is used internally by GNOME applications such as Nautilus to generate thumbnails of several types of office application files

gsf-vba-dump

is used to extract Visual Basic for Applications macros from files

libgsf-1.so

contains the libgsf API functions