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diff --git a/docs/nspr/index.rst b/docs/nspr/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..89e81d2517 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +NSPR +==== + +**Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR)** provides a platform-neutral API for +system level and libc-like functions. The API is used in the Mozilla +clients, many of Red Hat's and Oracle's server applications, and other +software offerings. + +Documentation +------------- + +:ref:`About NSPR` + This topic describes, in general terms, the goals of NSPR and a bit + about how it does it. +:ref:`NSPR API Reference` + The reference describes each API public macro, structure and function + in the NSPR API. +:ref:`NSPR build instructions` + How to checkout and build from source. +:ref:`NSPR listing` + All NSPR pages + +.. _Getting_NSPR: + +Getting NSPR +------------ + +NSPR is available in various source and binary packages, depending on +your platform: + +- **Windows:** Build the source package, using the :ref:`NSPR build + instructions`. +- **Mac:** Install the `MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/>`__ *nspr* + package, or the `Homebrew <http://brew.sh>`__ *nspr* package. +- **Ubuntu:** Install the *libnspr4-dev* package via ``apt-get.`` +- **Debian:** Install the *libnspr4-dev* package via ``apt-get``. +- **openSUSE Linux:** Install one or more of the following via ``yast`` + or ``zypper`` : + + - *mozilla-nspr* : Binary libraries for your platform + - *mozilla-nspr-32bit* : Binary libraries needed to run 32-bit + programs on a 64-bit OS + - *mozilla-nspr-devel* : Files needed (in addition to the above + libraries) to compile programs using NSPR + - *mozilla-nspr-debuginfo* : Debug information (including build + symbols) for package *mozilla-nspr* + - *mozilla-nspr-debuginfo-32bit* : Debug information (including + build symbols) for package *mozilla-nspr-32bit* + - *mozilla-nspr-debugsource* : Debug sources for all of the above + +Community +--------- + +View Mozilla forums: + +- `Mailing list <https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-nspr>`__ +- `Newsgroup <http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.nspr>`__ +- `RSS + feed <http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.nspr/feeds>`__ + +.. _Related_Topics: + +Related Topics +-------------- + +- :ref:`Networking`, :ref:`Network Security Services (NSS)` |