#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-491

### Chapter 9. General Libraries

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# Jansson-2.15.0

## Introduction to Jansson

The Jansson package contains a library used to encode, decode, and manipulate JSON data.

### Note

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### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://github.com/akheron/jansson/releases/download/v2.15.0/jansson-2.15.0.tar.bz2

- Download MD5 sum: 6077c52677206a84304979b226322283

- Download size: 476 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 8.4 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (with tests)

## Installation of Jansson

Install jansson 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

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libjansson.so
Installed Directories: None

### Short Descriptions

`libjansson.so` | contains an API for encoding, decoding, and manipulating JSON data

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