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Chapter 2. General Libraries

libx86emu-3.7

Introduction to libx86emu

The libx86emu package contains a library for emulating x86 calls, which is often used for working with firmware and handling VBE calls.

Installation of libx86emu

Note

The build process of this package may output messages about 'cut' and 'cat' being unable to find VERSION. These are normal and occur because this package isn't being built from a git repository.

Install libx86emu by running the following commands: 

make VERSION=3.7     \
     MAJOR_VERSION=3 \
     shared

Now, as the root user: 

make VERSION=3.7     \
     MAJOR_VERSION=3 \
     LIBDIR=/usr/lib \
     install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libx86emu
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libx86emu

contains functions for x86 emulation