#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.1

### Chapter 9. General Libraries

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# Popt-1.18

## Introduction to Popt

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

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.1 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://ftp.rpm.org/popt/releases/popt-1.x/popt-1.18.tar.gz

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/popt/releases/popt-1.x/popt-1.18.tar.gz

- Download MD5 sum: 450f2f636e6a3aa527de803d0ae76c5a

- Download size: 567 kB

- Estimated disk space required: 8.7 MB (includes installing documentation)

- Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU

### popt Dependencies

#### Optional

Doxygen-1.9.3 (for generating documentation)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/popt

## Installation of Popt

Install popt by running the following commands:

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

If you have Doxygen-1.9.3 installed and wish to build the API documentation, issue:

    sed -i 's@\./@src/@' Doxyfile &&
    doxygen

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

If you built the API documentation, install it using the following commands issued by the `root` user:

    install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/popt-1.18 &&
    install -v -m644 doxygen/html/* /usr/share/doc/popt-1.18

## Command Explanations

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

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libpopt.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/popt-1.18

### Short Descriptions

`libpopt.so` | is used to parse command-line options

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