Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.0

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libstatgrab-0.92.1

Introduction to libstatgrab

This is a library that provides cross platform access to statistics about the system on which it's run. It's written in C and presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access key system statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, network traffic, disk I/O, and more.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.0 platform.

Package Information

libstatgrab Dependencies

Optional

log4cplus-2.1.0

Installation of libstatgrab

Install libstatgrab by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr   \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libstatgrab-0.92.1 &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: saidar, statgrab, statgrab-make-mrtg-config, and statgrab-make-mrtg-index
Installed Library: libstatgrab.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/libstatgrab-0.92.1

Short Descriptions

saidar

is a curses-based tool for viewing system statistics

statgrab

is a sysctl-style interface to system statistics

statgrab-make-mrtg-config

generates MRTG configuration

statgrab-make-mrtg-index

generates an XHTML index page from MRTG configuration files or stdin

libstatgrab.so

contains the libstatgrab API functions