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libuv - Multi-platform library for asynchronous I/O ChangeLog

Web site:	https://libuv.org/
Repository:	https://github.com/libuv/libuv
Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libuv

HOWTO

# libuv 1.50.0
# ============
# Slackware 15.0: libuv 1.43.0

# Prerequisites:
# Sphinx (if you generate documentation)
#  Run as root: su -c "python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip sphinx"
# pkg-config

# GitHub releases v1.50.0: 2025.01.15, Version 1.50.0 (Stable)
# libuv 1.50.0 ChangeLog
# GitHub Issues: New release? #4667
# GitHub v1.50.0 compare changes
# libuv downloads
# libuv documentation

# Here is an alternate download URL, though the filename would not be the same:
# https://github.com/libuv/libuv/archive/refs/tags/v1.50.0.tar.gz

# Get the tarball
cd
test -f installed/libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz &&
mv -f installed/libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz .
test ! -f libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz &&
wget https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.50.0/libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz

# Verify tarball w/ sha256sum:
# (this came from my gpg-verified tarball)
echo "6dc2b39aa7fa66c04e2e015bf47738b84e1c6b86b8987d57dd432d149d77ee\
25  libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c

# Verify tarball w/ gpg:
( gpg --list-keys F28C3C8DA33C03BE > /dev/null 2>&1 ||
  gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys F28C3C8DA33C03BE ) &&
wget -nc https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.50.0/libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz.sign &&
  gpg --verify libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz.sign && rm libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz.sign

# Extract the source
mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/src
cd ~/src
find -maxdepth 1 -name "libuv-v*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xzvf ~/libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz
cd libuv-v1.50.0
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# Read ./README.md and if upgrading, ./ChangeLog

# Here we create configure, etc. but you can also use CMake if you like

# Get the source ready for autoconf/automake/libtool
./autogen.sh

# Configure the build for 64-bit
test $(uname -m) = 'x86_64' &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --docdir=/usr/doc --disable-static

# Configure the build for anything else
test $(uname -m) != 'x86_64' &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/doc --disable-static

# Build it
make

# Test the build
make check

# Generate libuv.1 man page (./docs/build/man/libuv.1)
# See 'make help' in ./docs/ for other options
( cd docs && make man )

# Become root to install it
su

# Remove the Slackware package if there is one
test -x /sbin/removepkg && /sbin/removepkg libuv

# Install it
make install
ldconfig

# Install the generated man page, if it's there
test -f docs/build/man/libuv.1 &&
install -m 644 docs/build/man/libuv.1 /usr/man/man1/

# Become your non-root user again
exit

# Save the source for later
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/libuv-*.tar.gz
mv -f libuv-v1.50.0.tar.gz installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall libuv, this should do it:
cd
su
test -d src/libuv-* && ( cd src/libuv-* ; make uninstall )
rm -f /usr/include/uv.h /usr/lib*/libuv.* /usr/lib*/pkgconfig/libuv.pc \
/usr/man/man1/libuv.1
test -d /usr/include/uv && rm -r /usr/include/uv
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libuv-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/libuv-*.tar.*