glfs/pst/typesetting/asymptote.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY asymptote-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/asymptote/asymptote-&asymptote-version;.src.tgz">
<!ENTITY asymptote-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY asymptote-md5sum "ffa053469aa1f6c8e5f40817646fe533">
<!ENTITY asymptote-size "3.5 MB">
<!ENTITY asymptote-buildsize "159 MB">
<!ENTITY asymptote-time "2.0 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="asymptote" xreflabel="asymptote-&asymptote-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="asymptote.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>asymptote-&asymptote-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="asymptote">
<primary sortas="a-asymptote">asymptote</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to asymptote</title>
<para>
<application>Asymptote</application> is a powerful descriptive vector
graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for
technical drawing. Labels and equations can be typeset with LaTeX.
</para>
&lfs83_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&asymptote-download-http;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download (FTP): <ulink url="&asymptote-download-ftp;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download MD5 sum: &asymptote-md5sum;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download size: &asymptote-size;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated disk space required: &asymptote-buildsize;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated build time: &asymptote-time;
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
<xref linkend="gs"/> and
<xref linkend="texlive"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
<xref linkend="freeglut"/>,
<xref linkend="gc"/> and
<xref linkend="libtirpc"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend="fftw"/>,
<xref linkend="gsl"/>, and
<xref linkend="libsigsegv"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (at runtime, to use xasy)</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/PyQt5/">PyQt5</ulink> (not tested),
which has a build dependency of <xref linkend="qt5"/>
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/asymptote"/>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of asymptote</title>
<para>
Install <application>asymptote</application> by running the following
commands:
</para>
<screen><userinput>export TEXARCH=$(uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/i386/' -e 's/$/-linux/') &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year; \
--bindir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/bin/$TEXARCH \
--datarootdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist \
--infodir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/info \
--libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist \
--mandir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/man \
--enable-gc=system \
--with-latex=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/latex \
--with-context=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/context/third &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>
To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
Note that if PyQt5 has not been installed some UI tests will report
that pyuic5 and other commands are not found, followed by
''Error 127 (ignored)'.
</para>
<para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/tex-prefix.xml"/>
<para><parameter>--libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist;</parameter>:
This parameter ensures that the <filename class="directory">asymptote</filename>
directory will similarly overwrite any files installed by install-tl-unx.</para>
<para><parameter>--enable-gc=system</parameter>: this ensures that the system
version of <filename class="libraryfile">libgc.so</filename> will be used
instead of the version shipped with this package.</para>
<para><parameter>--with-latex= ... --with-context=</parameter>: These switches
ensure that style files and a tex file will be installed into the
<application>texlive</application> directories instead of creating a
<filename class="directory">texmf-local</filename> directory for them.</para>
<!-- commenting for now: 2.44 installs asymptote.info in both places
so the old version no longer remains
<para>
<command>rm -fv /opt/texlive/.../asymptote.info</command>:
This deletes the file installed by <application>texlive</application>.
Exceptionally, asymptote will create an <filename
class="directory">asymptote/</filename> subdirectory for its own
<filename>asymptote.info</filename> even though a possibly older
version from <xref linkend="texlive"/> is in the main
<application>texlive</application>
<filename class="directory">info/</filename> directory. Both the
new version and the existing <filename>asy-faq.info</filename>
<emphasis>will</emphasis> be found by <command>info</command>.
</para>-->
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>
asy, xasy
</seg>
<seg>
None
</seg>
<seg>
/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;texmf-dist/asymptote,
/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/doc/asymptote,
/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/info/asymptote
</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="asy">
<term><command>asy</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a vector graphics program.
</para>
<indexterm zone="asymptote asy">
<primary sortas="b-asy">asy</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="xasy">
<term><command>xasy</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a Python3 script providing a Qt5 GUI for asy.
</para>
<indexterm zone="asymptote xasy">
<primary sortas="b-xasy">xasy</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>