GMime-2.4.32

Introduction to GMime

The GMime package contains a set of utilities for parsing and creating messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the applicable RFCs. See the GMime web site for the RFCs resourced. This is useful as it provides an API which adheres to the MIME specification as closely as possible while also providing programmers with an extremely easy to use interface to the API functions.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

GMime Dependencies

Required

pkg-config-0.26

Optional

DocBook-utils-0.6.14, GTK-Doc-1.18 and Gtk# (requires Mono)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gmime

Installation of GMime

Install GMime by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

If you have DocBook-utils-0.6.14 installed and you wish to generate the API tutorials, issue the following commands:

pushd docs/tutorial &&
docbook2html --nochunks gmime-tut.sgml &&
docbook2pdf             gmime-tut.sgml &&
docbook2ps              gmime-tut.sgml &&
docbook2txt             gmime-tut.sgml &&
popd

To test the results, issue: make check. Note that some tests may fail because the corresponding sub-system is not installed or configured properly.

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gmime-2.4.32 &&
install -v -m644    README \
                    /usr/share/doc/gmime-2.4.32

If you generated the API tutorials, still as the root user:

install -v -m644    docs/tutorial/gmime* \
                    /usr/share/doc/gmime-2.4.32

Command Explanations

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

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Library: libgmime-2.4.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gmime-2.4, /usr/share/doc/gmime-2.4.32 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gmime

Short Descriptions

libgmime-2.4.so

contains API functions used by programs that need to comply to the MIME standards.

Last updated on 2012-05-16 16:39:28 +0000