The libuv package is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.
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Download (HTTP): https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.49.2/libuv-v1.49.2.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: add970d60a6f5942b948267a94353826
Download size: 1.3 MB
Estimated disk space required: 30 MB (with tests and man page)
Estimated build time: 0.7 SBU (with tests and man page)
Install libuv by running the following commands:
The sh autogen.sh command below fails if the ACLOCAL environment variable is set as specified in Xorg-7. If it is used, ACLOCAL needs to be unset for this package and then reset for other packages.
sh autogen.sh && ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make
If you installed the optional sphinx-8.1.3 python module, create the man page:
make man -C docs
If you want to run the tests, run: make check as a non-root user.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
If you built the man page, install it as the root
user:
install -Dm644 docs/build/man/libuv.1 /usr/share/man/man1