Third Party Libraries

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Third Party Libraries

apache portable runtime

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

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

TUT

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

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

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

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

mozilla

The mozilla library handles rendering HTML in the viewer.

cg

cg controls some visual effects

gl

OpenGL renders Second Life.

Expat

Expat is a XML parser.

FreeType

FreeType is a font engine.

jpeglib

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

KDU

Kakadu (KDU) is a JPEG decoder library.

Ogg Vorbis

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

SDL

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

smrtheap

Smartheap is a memory allocation library.

speedtree

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

xmlrpc-epi

Controls the XML-RPC protocol in SL.

OpenJPEG

GTK+

Used for 'native' UI components on the Linux client

ELFIO

Used for enhanced stacktrace information on the Linux client