LibRaw is distributed in the form of source codes. For further use, they should be compiled (and, if desired, placed into system folders with libraries and include-files).
To build the library, you will need a working C++ compiler (gcc ver. 3.x or 4.x will be OK; other compilers have not been tested) and the make utility. No other libraries or utilities are required.
LibRaw has been tested on 32- and 64-bit Unix systems working on x86- (and AMD64-) compatible processors. Building and work on other architectures have not been tested.
Unpack the downloaded distribution package. If you wish to use LibRaw-demosaic-pack(s), unpack these archives too:
tar xzvf LibRaw-X.YY.tar.gz tar xzvf LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2-X.YY.tar.gz tar xzvf LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL3-X.YY.tar.gz tar xzvf LibRaw-X.YY.tar.gz
Go to LibRaw directory and run ./configure and make:
cd LibRaw-X.YY ./condigure # with optional args make
As a result, you will compile
In the current version, only static libraries are built:
./configure script have some non-standard parameters:
To install the library, run
sudo make install
It will place the libraries in /usr/local/lib, the include-files in /usr/local/include (subfolder of
libraw) and LibRaw samples to /usr/local/bin. You can override installation path by using
./configure script.
To use LibRaw, add the following parameters to the compiler call (when building your own projects):
Building and installation are completely similar to building and installation under Unix systems.
Building under Windows has three steps:
If all paths are set correctly and the include-files/libraries have been found, then the following will be compiled:
Only the thread-safe library is built under Win32, but it can be used with non-threaded applications as well. All examples are linked with the dynamic library (DLL); if static linking is necessary, one should link applications with library libraw_static.lib and set the preprocessor option /DLIBRAW_NODLL during compilation.
Windows-version compiles without LCMS support for now.
During building of DLL, all public functions are exported; further, the exported subset may be reduced.
Unfortunately, paths to include/ libraries depend on the way Visual C (or other compiler) is installed; therefore, it is impossible to specify some standard paths in Makefile.msvc.
No installation under Windows is supported. It is assumed that all DLLs will be supplied together with the software using them (and this software will perform the installation). Accordingly, in building of programs using LibRaw, the paths to libraries, DLLs, and include-files should be specified manually.
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