source: BOOK/final-system/common/libpipeline.xml@ 17e2cca

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<sect1 id="ch-system-libpipeline" role="wrap">
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  <title>Libpipeline-&libpipeline-version;</title>

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    <primary sortas="a-Libpipeline">Libpipeline</primary>
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  <sect2 role="package">
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    <para>The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating pipelines
    of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way.</para>

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  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Libpipeline</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Libpipeline for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tools/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

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      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>

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          <para>Use pkg-config to obtain the location of the test library
          metadata built in <xref linkend="ch-temp-system-check"/>.</para>
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    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <para os="h">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

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    <title>Contents of Libpipeline</title>

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      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>

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        <seg>libpipeline.so</seg>
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      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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          <para>This library is used to safely construct pipeline between
          subprocesses</para>
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