Popt

Download Source:	ftp://jbj.org/pub/rpm-4.4.x/popt-1.16.tar.gz

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Introduction to Popt

The popt package contains the popt libraries which are used by some programs to parse command-line options.

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.