Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-20

Chapter 9. General Libraries

LZO-2.06

Introduction to LZO

LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data decompression and compression in real-time. This means it favors speed over compression ratio.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.1 platform.

Package Information

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

Installation of LZO

Install LZO by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. All the checks should pass. Now issue make test to run the full suite of tests.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Libraries: liblzo2.{so,a}
Installed Directories: /usr/include/lzo and /usr/share/doc/lzo

Short Descriptions

liblzo2.{so,a}

is a data compression and decompression library.

Last updated on 2012-05-11 20:27:05 +0000