Third Party Libraries
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| Library | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Portable Runtime | 1.1.2 | A set of C functions which provide a portable and consistent interface into operating system - or simply widely useful - functionality. We primarily use it for threading and socket i/o. This is actually three packages, apr, apr-util and apr-iconv. |
| Boost | 1.32.0 | A set of portable C++ libraries which provide a wide set of functionality. Used primarily for tokenization. |
| TUT | 2006-06-22 | Unit test framework based on the use of c++ meta template programming. Used to test LL libraries. |
| Quicktime | 7.13 | Used to play in-world video clips on a prim. |
| libcurl | 7.16.0 | Handles moving data across the net in many different protocols. Used to GET/POST/PUT/DELETE web resources. |
| c-ares | 1.3.2 | Performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously. Used with libcurl to keep all HTTP operations async. |
| OpenSSL | 0.9.7c | Provides encryption for sensitive actions such as user login |
| zlib | 1.2.1 | zlib is a lossless data-compression library which is used for a variety of network i/o and file compression. |
| Mozilla | 1.8.0.9 | The mozilla library handles rendering HTML in the viewer. |
| CG | ?? | cg controls some visual effects. - NOT USED BY THE NORMAL CLIENT. |
| OpenGL | ?? | 3D Graphics rendering engine. |
| Expat | 1.95.8 | XML parser. |
| FreeType | 2.1.5 | Font engine. |
| jpeglib | 6b | JPEG decoder library. |
| KDU | 5.2.1 | Kakadu (KDU) JPEG-2000 decoder library. |
| OGG | 1.0.3 | Audio control. |
| Vorbis | 1.1.2 | Audio control. |
| SDL | 1.2.7 | The Simple DirectMedia Layer libraries are used for handling input and basic window/GL setup on the Linux client. |
| Smartheap | ?? | Memory allocation. |
| Speedtree | ?? | Controls rendering of trees that are not yet implemented. |
| xmlrpc-epi | 0.51 | Controls the XML-RPC protocol. |
| OpenJPEG | 1.0 | An open-source JPEG-2000 library; a slower alternative to Kadaku |
| Glib | 2.0.7 | ?? |
| GTK+ | 2.0.9 | 'Native' UI components on the Linux client. |
| ELFIO | 1.0.3 | Enhanced stacktrace information on the Linux client. |
| Mesa | 6.2.1 | Provides the required OpenGL headers under Linux. |
| libuuid | ?? | Generates UUIDs under Linux. |