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

### Chapter 9. General Libraries

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# libgsf-1.14.57

## Introduction to libgsf

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

### Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/libgsf/1.14/libgsf-1.14.57.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: cb16da2c8e5829b7d26bbf45f6b82e61

- Download size: 704 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 17 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

### libgsf Dependencies

#### Required

GLib-2.88.0 and libxml2-2.15.3

#### Recommended

gdk-pixbuf-2.44.6 (To build gsf-office-thumbnailer)

#### Optional

GTK-Doc-1.36.1

## Installation of libgsf

Install libgsf by running the following commands:

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

This package does not come with a working test suite.

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

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