The popt package contains the popt libraries which are used by some programs to parse command-line options.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): http://rpm5.org/files/popt/popt-1.16.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/popt/popt-1.16.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 3743beefa3dd6247a73f8f7a32c14c33
Download size: 702 kB
Estimated disk space required: 8 MB (includes installing documentation)
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/popt
Install popt by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make
If you have doxygen installed and wish to build the API documentation, issue doxygen.
To test the results, issue:make check.
Now, as the root user:
make install
If you built the API documentation, install it using the following
commands issued by the root user:
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/popt-1.16 && install -v -m644 doxygen/html/* /usr/share/doc/popt-1.16
--disable-static: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
Last updated on 2018-09-22 16:32:07 -0700