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 12.2
platform.
Package Information
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libgsf Dependencies
Required
GLib-2.80.4 and libxml2-2.13.3
Recommended
gdk-pixbuf-2.42.12 (To build gsf-office-thumbnailer)
Optional
GTK-Doc-1.34.0, p7zip-17.04 (for tests),
UnZip-6.0
(for tests), and Valgrind-3.23.0 (for tests)
Installation of libgsf
First, fix building libgsf with
libxml2-2.13:
patch -Np1 -i ../libgsf-1.14.52-upstream_fixes-1.patch
Install libgsf by running the
following commands:
autoreconf &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
check. Two tests related to Valgrind-3.23.0 are
known to fail.
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
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gsf
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is a simple archive utility, somewhat similar to
tar(1)
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gsf-office-thumbnailer
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is used internally by GNOME applications such as
Nautilus to generate
thumbnails of several types of office application files
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gsf-vba-dump
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is used to extract Visual Basic for Applications macros
from files
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libgsf-1.so
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contains the libgsf API
functions
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