libunistring-1.4.2

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# libunistring-1.4.2

## Introduction to libunistring

libunistring is a library that provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard.

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### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libunistring/libunistring-1.4.2.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: e033195d90d0803063f3fecc77148124

- Download size: 2.7 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 58 MB (add 46 MB for tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.6 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests; both using parallelism=4)

### libunistring Dependencies

#### Optional

texlive-20260301 (or install-tl-unx) (to rebuild the documentation)

## Installation of libunistring

Install libunistring by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr    \
                --disable-static \
                --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libunistring-1.4.2 &&
    make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

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

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libunistring.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/unistring and /usr/share/doc/libunistring-1.4.2

### Short Descriptions

libunistring.so | provides the unicode string library API

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