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12 <productname>libpipeline</productname>
13 <productnumber>&libpipeline-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&libpipeline-url;</address>
17 <title>Libpipeline-&libpipeline-version;</title>
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-libpipeline">
20 <primary sortas="a-Libpipeline">Libpipeline</primary>
23 <sect2 role="package">
26 <para>The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating pipelines
27 of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way.</para>
30 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
31 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
34 <seg>&libpipeline-ch6-sbu;</seg>
35 <seg>&libpipeline-ch6-du;</seg>
41 <sect2 role="installation">
42 <title>Installation of Libpipeline</title>
44 <para>Prepare Libpipeline for compilation:</para>
46 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
49 <screen><userinput remap="configure">PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tools/lib/pkgconfig ./configure - -prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
52 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
55 <term><parameter>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</parameter></term>
57 <para>Use pkg-config to obtain the location of the test
58 library metadata built in <xref linkend="ch-tools-check"/>.</para>
64 <para>Compile the package:</para>
66 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
68 <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
70 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
72 <para>Install the package:</para>
74 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
78 <sect2 id="contents-libpipeline" role="content">
79 <title>Contents of Libpipeline</title>
82 <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
85 <seg>libpipeline.so</seg>
90 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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95 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpipeline</filename></term>
97 <para>This library is used to safely construct pipelines between
99 <indexterm zone="ch-system-libpipeline">
100 <primary sortas="c-libpipeline">libpipeline</primary>