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Chapter 2. General Libraries

libx86emu-3.7

Introduction to libx86emu

The libx86emu package contains a library for emulating x86 calls, which is often used for working with firmware and handling VBE calls.

Installation of libx86emu

Install libx86emu by running the following commands: 

make VERSION=3.7 \
     MAJOR_VERSION=3 \
     shared

Now, as the root user: 

make VERSION=3.7 \
     MAJOR_VERSION=3 \
     LIBDIR=/usr/lib \
     install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libx86emu
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libx86emu

contains functions for x86 emulation