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| author | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2022-03-12 23:32:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Jay Berkenbilt <jberkenbilt@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-03-19 00:53:18 +0100 |
| commit | f58d2a60d57653071609a0a9ec0d693c6bda0024 (patch) | |
| tree | b4111f3ea0c1f0f343b5bc4e23fb985245032c30 /manual/library.rst | |
| parent | 70d0d0889b0c72bcdeb0658335094f61105f8b02 (diff) | |
| download | qpdf-f58d2a60d57653071609a0a9ec0d693c6bda0024.tar.zst | |
Update build-related documentation and comments
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diff --git a/manual/library.rst b/manual/library.rst index 33abdebe..32bb21c1 100644 --- a/manual/library.rst +++ b/manual/library.rst @@ -23,10 +23,20 @@ All header files are installed in the you use ``#include <qpdf/QPDF.hh>`` rather than adding :file:`include/qpdf` to your include path. -When linking against the qpdf static library, you may also need to -specify ``-lz -ljpeg`` on your link command. If your system understands -how to read libtool :file:`.la` files, this may not -be necessary. +qpdf installs a ``pkg-config`` configuration with package name +``libqpdf`` and a ``cmake`` configuration with package name ``qpdf``. +The ``libqpdf`` target is exported in the ``qpdf::`` namespace. The +following is an example of a :file:`CMakeLists.txt` file for a +single-file executable that links with qpdf: + +.. code-block:: cmake + + cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16) + project(some-application LANGUAGES CXX) + find_package(qpdf) + add_executable(some-application some-application.cc) + target_link_libraries(some-application qpdf::libqpdf) + The qpdf library is safe to use in a multithreaded program, but no individual ``QPDF`` object instance (including ``QPDF``, |