Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.1

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

Libgxps-0.3.2

Introduction to libgxps

The libgxps package provides an interface to manipulate XPS documents.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1 platform.

Package Information

Libgxps Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.41, Little CMS-2.14, libarchive-3.7.2, libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1, libtiff-4.6.0, and libxslt-1.1.39

Optional

git-2.44.0 and GTK-Doc-1.33.2

Installation of Libgxps

Install Libgxps by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Programs: xpstojpeg, xpstopdf, xpstopng, xpstops, and xpstosvg
Installed Library: libgxps.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libgxps

Short Descriptions

xpstojpeg

converts XPS documents to a JPEG image

xpstopdf

converts XPS documents to PDF format

xpstopng

converts XPS documents to a PNG image

xpstops

converts XPS documents to PostScript

xpstosvg

converts XPS documents to SVG images

libgxps.so

contains API functions for manipulating XPS documents