Compface-1.5.2

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 11. General Utilities

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# Compface-1.5.2

## Introduction to Compface

Compface provides utilities and a library to convert from/to X-Face format, a 48x48 bitmap format used to carry thumbnails of email authors in a mail header.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/compface/compface-1.5.2.tar.gz

- Download (FTP): ftp://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/compface/compface-1.5.2.tar.gz

- Download MD5 sum: 62f4f79c0861ad292ba3cf77b4c48319

- Download size: 47 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 520 KB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/compface

## Installation of Compface

Install Compface by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install &&
    install -m755 -v xbm2xface.pl /usr/bin

## Contents

Installed Programs: compface, uncompface and xbm2xface.pl
Installed Library: libcompface.{so,a}
Installed Directories: None

### Short Descriptions

compface | is a filter for generating highly compressed representations of 48x48x1 face image files.
uncompface | is an inverse filter which performs an inverse transformation with no loss of data.
xbm2xface.pl | is a script to generate xfaces.
`libcompface.{so,a}` | allows the compression and decompression algorithms to be used in other programs such as MTAs.

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