libgpg-error-1.18

Introduction to libgpg-error

The libgpg-error package contains a library that defines common error values for all GnuPG components. .

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.7 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libgpg-error

Installation of libgpg-error

Install libgpg-error 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 &&
install -v -m644 -D README /usr/share/doc/libgpg-error-1.18/README

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: gpg-error and gpg-error-config
Installed Library: libgpg-error.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/common-lisp and /usr/share/doc/libgpg-error-1.18

Short Descriptions

gpg-error

is used to determine libgpg-error error codes.

gpg-error-config

is a utility used to configure and build applications based on the libgpg-error library. It can be used to query the C compiler and linker flags which are required to correctly compile and link the application against the libgpg-error library.

libgpg-error.so

contains the libgpg-error API functions.

Last updated on 2015-02-20 19:04:13 -0500