This directory contains libAfterImage core code. Here is how to build and install it : libAfterImage may utilize libAfterBase, for some of the low level tasks, or it may run standalone, using its own subset of libAfterBase. It is recommended to use libAfterBase whenever possible, as it provides more functionality, and you may actually utilize it in your programs for various tasks, such as hash tables, file searching, etc. Both libraries can be built and installed by simply executing : ./configure ; make ; make install in respective directory. libAfterImage will install itself into /usr/local/lib on most systems. In addition it will install afterimage-libs script to /usr/local/bin. This script can be used to query what libraries libAfterImage is dependant on. All of this libraries has to be linked to, while building an application utilizing libAfterImage. Header files for the library will be installed into /usr/local/include/libAfterImage on most systems. Check out API documentation and example apps. Thanks for using libAfterImage. Contributions and bug reports are always welcome. Please e-mail yours to , or any of the AfterStep mailing lists.