Link Application Programming Interface Installation and Configuration
This section describes general and API-specific requirements.
Location of required files and libraries
The Link Application Programming Interface (API) is installed with both the HCL Link and the HCL Link runtime server.
| Files | Windows Directory | Linux Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Headers | install_dir | $install_dir/src |
| Libraries | install_dir | $install_dir/src |
| JARs | install_dir | $install_dir/src |
Linking an application to an alternate ICU library version
This release of HCL Link uses ICU version 55.1.0.
An HCL Link Application Programming Interface (API) user can link an application to a version of ICU other than ICU V55.1.0 by including the ICU version's lib names in the link line.
For example, to link your application to ICU V3.4.1, use the following link line:
-licuuc341 licuuc18n341 licudata341 If you do not want to specify the version numbers in the link line, the ICU team recommends that
you start the icu-config script from the $(ICU_INSTALL)/bin/ directory.
To start the icu-config script, include the following code in your makefile:
ICU_LDFLAGS=`$(ICU_INSTALL)/bin/icu-config --ldflags-libsonly`If you are using ICU V3.4.1, the icu-config script returns the following required link lines:
-licui18n341 -licuuc341 -licudata341