Third Party Libraries

Third Party Libraries

apache portable runtime

• http://apr.apache.org/

The apache portable runtime is 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.

boost

• http://www.boost.org/

Boost is a set of portable c++ libraries which provide a wide set of functionality. We primarily use it for tokenization.

TUT

• http://tut-framework.sourceforge.net/

The TUT framework is a unit test framework based on the use of c++ meta template programming. We use it to test our libraries.

quicktime

• http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/

We use this to play in-world video clips on a prim.

libcurl

• http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/

The libcurl library handles moving data across the net in many different protocols. We use it to GET/POST/PUT/DELETE web resources.

zlib

• http://www.zlib.net/

zlib is a lossless data-compression library which is used for a variety of network i/o and file compression.

mozilla

• http://www.mozilla.org/developer/

The mozilla library handles rendering HTML in the viewer.

cg

• http://developer.nvidia.com/page/cg_main.html

cg controls some visual effects

gl

• http://www.opengl.org/

OpenGL renders Second Life.

Expat

• http://expat.sourceforge.net/

Expat is a XML parser.

FreeType

• http://www.freetype.org/

FreeType is a font engine.

jpeglib

• http://www.ijg.org/

JPEGlib is JPEG decoder library. It is an open alternative to KDU.

KDU

• http://www.kakadusoftware.com/

Kakadu (KDU) is a JPEG decoder library.

Ogg Vorbis

• http://xiph.org/ogg/
• http://xiph.org/vorbis/

The Ogg & the Vorbis libraries control audio in Second Life.

SDL

• http://www.libsdl.org/index.php

The Simple DirectMedia Layer libraries are used for handling input and basic window/GL setup on the Linux client.

smrtheap

• http://www.microquill.com/smartheap/index.html

Smartheap is a memory allocation library.

speedtree

• http://www.speedtree.com/

Speedtree controls rendering of trees that are not yet implemented in SL.

xmlrpc-epi

• http://xmlrpc-epi.sourceforge.net/

Controls the XML-RPC protocol in SL.

GTK+

• http://www.gtk.org/

Used for 'native' UI components on the Linux client

ELFIO

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/elfio/

Used for enhanced stacktrace information on the Linux client