# phpman > man > pkgdata(1) [PKGDATA(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PKGDATA/1/markdown) ICU 70.1 Manual [PKGDATA(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PKGDATA/1/markdown) ## NAME **pkgdata** - package data for use by ICU ## SYNOPSIS **pkgdata** [ **-h**, **-?**, **--help** ] [ **-v**, **--verbose** ] [ **-c**, **--copyright** | **-C**, **--comment** _comment_ ] [ ### -m --mode -p --name -O --bldopt -e --entrypoint -r --re **vision** _version_ ] [ **-F**, **--rebuild** ] [ **-I**, **--install** ] [ **-s**, **--sourcedir** _source_ ] [ **-d**, **--dest**‐‐ **dir** _destination_ ] [ **-T**, **--tempdir** _directory_ ] [ _file_ ... ] ## DESCRIPTION **pkgdata** takes a set of data files and packages them for use by ICU or applications that use ICU. The typical reason to package files using **pkgdata** is to make their distribution easier and their loading by ICU faster and less consuming of limited system resources such as file descriptors. Packaged data also allow applications to be distributed with fewer resource files, or even with none at all if they link against the packaged data directly. **pkgdata** supports a few different methods of packaging data that serve different purposes. The default packaging _mode_ is **common**, or **archive**. In this mode, the different data files are bundled together as an architecture-dependent file that can later be memory mapped for use by ICU. Data packaged using this mode will be looked up under the ICU data directory. Such pack‐ aging is easy to use for applications resource bundles, for example, as long as the applica‐ tion can install the packaged file in the ICU data directory. Another packaging mode is the **dll**, or **library**, mode, where the data files are compiled into a shared library. ICU used to be able to dynamically load these shared libraries, but as of ICU 2.0, such support has been removed. This mode is still useful for two main purposes: to build ICU itself, as the ICU data is packaged as a shared library by default; and to build resource bundles that are linked to the application that uses them. Such resource bundles can then be placed anywhere where the system's dynamic linker will be looking for shared libraries, in‐ stead of being forced to live inside the ICU data directory. The **static** packaging mode is similar to the shared library one except that it produces a static library. Finally, **pkgdata** supports a **files** mode which simply copies the data files instead of packag‐ ing them as a single file or library. This mode is mainly intended to provide support for building ICU before it is packaged as separate small packages for distribution with operating systems such as Debian GNU/Linux for example. Please refer to the packaging documentation in the ICU source distribution for further information on the use of this mode. **pkgdata** builds, packages, installs, or cleans the appropriate data based on the options given without the need to call GNU **make** anymore. ## OPTIONS ### -h -? --help Print help about usage and exit. ### -v --verbose Display extra informative messages during execution. ### -c --copyright Include a copyright notice in the binary data. ### -C --comment Includes the specified _comment_ in the resulting data instead of the ICU copyright no‐ tice. ### -m --mode Set the packaging _mode_ to be used by **pkgdata**. The different modes and their meaning are explained in the **DESCRIPTION** section above. The valid mode names are **common** (or **archive**), **dll** (or **library**), and **files**. ### -O --bldopt Specify options for the builder. The builder is used internally by **pkgdata** to generate the correct packaged file. Such options include, but are not limited to, setting vari‐ ables used by [**make**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/make/1/markdown) during the build of the packaged file. Note: If **icu-config** is available, then this option is not needed. ### -p --name Set the packaged file name to _name_. This name is also used as the default entry point name after having been turned into a valid C identifier. ### -e --entrypoint Set the data entry point (used for linking against the data in a shared library form) to _name_. The default entry point name is the name set by the **-n**, **--name** option. ### -r --revision Enable versioning of the shared library produced in **dll**, or **library**, mode. The version number has the format _major_._minor_._patchlevel_ and all parts except for _major_ are op‐ tional. If only _major_ is supplied then the version is assumed to be _major_.0 for ver‐ sioning purposes. ### -F --rebuild Force the rebuilding of all data and their repackaging. ### -I --install Install the packaged file (or all the files in the **files** mode). If the variable **DEST**‐‐ **DIR** is set it will be used for installation. ### -s --sourcedir Set the source directory to _source_. The default source directory is the current di‐ rectory. ### -d --destdir Set the destination directory to _destination_. The default destination directory is the current directory. ### -T --tempdir Set the directory used to generate temporary files to _directory_. The default tempo‐ rary directory is the same as the destination directory as set by the **-d**, **--destdir** option. ## AUTHORS Steven Loomis Yves Arrouye ## VERSION 70.1 ## COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2000-2009 IBM, Inc. and others. ICU MANPAGE 6 February 2009 [PKGDATA(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PKGDATA/1/markdown)