iconv: Library for language/country-dependent character encodings¶
Description¶
GNU libiconv is a library that is used to enable different languages, with different characters to be handled properly.
License¶
GPL 3 and LGPL 3. So we can safely link against the library in Sage.
Upstream Contact¶
Bug reports to bug-gnu-libiconv@gnu.org
Dependencies¶
None for the purposes of Sage, but in general gettext.
Special Update/Build Instructions¶
None, other than anyone updating this package should be familiar with how to write shell scripts.
Type¶
standard
Version Information¶
package-version.txt:
1.15
Equivalent System Packages¶
cygwin:
$ apt-cyg install libiconv
homebrew:
$ brew install libiconv
macports: install the following packages: libiconv See https://repology.org/project/libiconv/versions
If the system package is installed, ./configure will check whether it can be used.