Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r11.2-237

Chapter 17. Networking Libraries

nghttp2-1.50.0

Introduction to nghttp2

nghttp2 is an implementation of HTTP/2 and its header compression algorithm, HPACK.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.

Package Information

nghttp2 Dependencies

Recommended

libxml2-2.10.2

Optional

Boost-1.80.0, c-ares-1.18.1, cython-0.29.32, jansson-2.14, libevent-2.1.12, CUnit (required for the testsuite), jemalloc, libev, mruby, Spdylay, and Sphinx.

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/nghttp2

Installation of nghttp2

Install nghttp2 by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --disable-static  \
            --enable-lib-only \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/nghttp2-1.50.0 &&
make

The test suite needs CUnit, which is beyond the scope of BLFS.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

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

--enable-lib-only: only build libnghttp2. Omit this switch if you'd like to build the example applications, Python bindings, or the C++ asio library.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libnghttp2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/nghttp2, /usr/share/nghttp2, and /usr/share/doc/nghttp2-1.50.0

Short Descriptions

libnghttp2.so

an implementation of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 in C