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

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

woff2-1.0.2

Introduction to WOFF2

WOFF2 is a library for converting fonts from the TTF format to the WOFF 2.0 format. It also allows decompression from WOFF 2.0 to TTF. The WOFF 2.0 format uses the Brotli compression algorithm to compress fonts suitable for downloading in CSS @font-face rules.

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

Package Information

WOFF2 Dependencies

Required

Brotli-1.1.0 and CMake-3.28.3

Installation of WOFF2

Install WOFF2 by running the following commands: 

mkdir out                           &&
cd    out                           &&
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: None
Installed Libraries: libwoff2common.so, libwoff2dec.so and libwoff2enc.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/woff2

Short Descriptions

libwoff2common.so

provides shared data used by the libwoff2dec and libwoff2enc libraries

libwoff2dec.so

is the WOFF2 decoder library

libwoff2enc.so

is the WOFF2 encoder library