Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-24

Chapter 17. Networking Libraries

libgdata-0.12.0

Introduction to libgdata

The libgdata package is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol, most notably, Google's services. It provides APIs to access the common Google services, and has full asynchronous support.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

libgdata Dependencies

Required

liboauth-0.9.5 and libsoup-2.38.1

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.32.1

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libgdata

Installation of libgdata

Install libgdata by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check Note that the tests need network access, will generate network traffic for uploading and downloading, and seem to stall when testing Connection: Keep-Alive.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Library: libgdata.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libgdata and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gdata

Short Descriptions

libgdata.so

contains the libgdata API functions.

Last updated on 2012-05-16 16:39:28 +0000