LIBWILDMAGIC(3)
π LIBWILDMAGIC(3) π
okay bestie, welcome to the libwildmagic manual page β it lives in section 3 of the Library Functions Manual, which is the "library functions" corner of the manpage world, iykyk. pull up a chair, grab a boba, we're doing this. π§β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
libwildmagic β the libwildmagic package ships a whole lil' squad of libraries that are useful for doing computations in these fields, fr fr:
- computer graphics π¨
- mathematics π’
- physics πͺ
- numerical methods π
- image analysis πΌοΈ
like, it's giving "one package, many superpowers." π
β SYNOPSIS β
libwildmagic
that's it. that's the synopsis. no flags, no drama, just the name. iconic. π
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
This manual page documents briefly the libwildmagic source package. just a lil' overview, not the whole novel.
ngl, this manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. so we made one. you're welcome. π«Ά
The libwildmagic source package is used to create the following packages β yes, it's a whole family:
libwildmagic5β runtime binary packagelibwildmagic5-dbgβ runtime binary package (debugging symbols)libwildmagic-devβ development binary packagelibwildmagic-commonβ common data binary packagelibwildmagic-examplesβ example binary package
π¦ the runtime package π¦
The libwildmagic5 runtime binary package ships the following libraries:
libWm5Core.solibWm5Applications.solibWm5Graphics.solibWm5Imagics.solibWm5Mathematics.solibWm5Physics.so
look at that lineup. main character energy, every single one. π
π the dev package π
The libwildmagic-dev development binary package ships the following files:
- Include files, shipped in
/usr/include/libwildmagic
π the common data package π
The libwildmagic-common common data files binary package ships the following files:
- Files contained in the
Datadirectory, shipped in/usr/share/libwildmagic/;
π the examples package π
The libwildmagic-examples binary package ships a large set of example programs that are shipped in /usr/lib/libwildmagic.
so many examples. so much to poke at. go off, honestly. π₯
π AUTHOR π
This manual page was written by Filippo Rusconi <lopippo@debian.org> for the Debian system (and may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. slay. πβ¨
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.
π lowkey important: that's the license file path, bestie β if you ever need the full GPL text on a Debian box, that's where it's at.
and that's the whole vibe check, bestie β the footer of this page just tags it back as LIBWILDMAGIC(3), the same name we started with, so you know you made it to the end. ππ no version or date stamping the bottom here, just the name holding the door open on the way out. bye babes, go read a manpage. π β¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: libwildmagic5 5.17+cleaned1-6 Β· BoostSoftwareLicense1.0
- debian trixie: libwildmagic5 5.17+cleaned1-7+b2 Β· BoostSoftwareLicense1.0
- ubuntu jammy: libwildmagic5 5.17+cleaned1-6ubuntu1 Β· BoostSoftwareLicense1.0
- ubuntu noble: libwildmagic5 5.17+cleaned1-7build1 Β· BoostSoftwareLicense1.0
- ubuntu questing: libwildmagic5 5.17+cleaned1-7build1
- ubuntu resolute: libwildmagic5 5.17+cleaned1-7build2 Β· BoostSoftwareLicense1.0
- ubuntu stonking: libwildmagic5 5.17+cleaned1-7build2 Β· BoostSoftwareLicense1.0
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms