Popt

Download Source:	http://rpm5.org/files/popt/popt-1.16.tar.gz
Alternate Download Source:	ftp://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/svn/p/popt-1.16.tar.gz

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Introduction to Popt

Popt is a C library for parsing command line parameters. Popt was heavily influenced by the getopt() and getopt_long() functions, but it improves on them by allowing more powerful argument expansion. Popt can parse arbitrary argv[] style arrays and automatically set variables based on command line arguments. Popt allows command line arguments to be aliased via configuration files and includes utility functions for parsing arbitrary strings into argv[] arrays using shell-like rules.

Project Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/popt

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib &&
make

Install the package

sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib'@g" libpopt.la &&
sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib'@g" .libs/libpopt.lai &&
make usrlibdir=/usr/lib install

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib &&
make

Install the package

sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib'@g" libpopt.la &&
sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib'@g" .libs/libpopt.lai &&
make usrlibdir=/usr/lib install

N32

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
make

Install the package

sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib32'@g" libpopt.la &&
sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib32'@g" .libs/libpopt.lai &&
make usrlibdir=/usr/lib32 install

64Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --libdir=/usr/lib64 &&
make

Install the package

sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib64'@g" libpopt.la &&
sed -i "s@\(^libdir='\).*@\1/usr/lib64'@g" .libs/libpopt.lai &&
make usrlibdir=/usr/lib64 install

Contents

Installed Programs:	None
Installed Libraries:	libpopt.{so,a}
Installed Directories:	/usr/share/doc/popt-1.16

Short Descriptions

libpopt.{so,a}	is used to parse command-line options.