Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 11. Post Networking, Compilers and Markup Language

xmlto-0.0.29

Introduction to xmlto

The xmlto package is a front-end to a XSL toolchain. It chooses an appropriate stylesheet for the conversion you want and applies it using an external XSLT processor. It also performs any necessary post-processing.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://pagure.io/xmlto/archive/0.0.29/xmlto-0.0.29.tar.gz

  • Download SHA256 Sum: 40504db68718385a4eaa9154a28f59e51e59d006d1aa14f5bc9d6fded1d6017a

  • Download MD5 sum: 556f2642cdcd005749bd4c08bc621c37

  • Download size: 64 KB

  • Estimated disk space required: 1.9 MB (with tests)

  • Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)

xmlto Dependencies

Required

docbook-xml-4.5, docbook-xsl-nons-1.79.2, and libxslt-1.1.43

Optional (for DVI, PDF, and postscript backend post-processing)

"fop", dblatex, and PassiveTeX

Optional (for text backend post-processing)

One of "links", "lynx", , "W3m" or "ELinks"

Editor Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xmlto

Installation of xmlto

Prepare xmlto by running the following commands: 

autoreconf -fiv
LINKS="/usr/bin/links" ./configure --prefix=/usr
make

To test the results, issue: 

make check

Now Install, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

LINKS="/usr/bin/links": This environment variable fixes a bug causing xmlto to think that links command is the same as elinks. Setting this variable does not cause problems if "Links" is not installed, unless you have ELinks installed, and you wish to use it for text backend post-processing. If you do wish to ELinks, you should remove this environment variable.

Contents

Installed Programs: xmlif and xmlto
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: /usr/share/xmlto

Short Descriptions

xmlif

is a conditional processing instructions for XML

xmlto

applies an XSL stylesheet to an XML document