Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version svn-20091118

Chapter 8. General Libraries

gir-repository-0.6.5

Introduction to gir-repository

The gir-repository is a repository of GIR interface description files.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-6.5 platform.

Package Information

gir-repository Dependencies

Required

gobject-introspection-0.6.5

Recommended

GTK+-2.18.3 (Required if building libunique)

Optional

D-Bus GLib Bindings-0.82, libsoup-2.28.1, Clutter, ATK-1.28.0, Avahi, Babl, clutter-cairo, clutter-gtk, GConf-2.28.0, gnome-menus-2.28.0.1, gnio, gnome-keyring-2.28.1, goocanvas, gssdp, GStreamer-0.10.21, GStreamer Base Plug-ins-0.10.21, gtksourceview-1.8.5, gupnp, Nautilus-2.28.1, libnotify-0.4.5, Pango-1.26.0, Poppler-0.12.0, libunique-1.1.2, VTE-0.22.2, WebKit, and libwnck-2.28.0

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gir-repository

Installation of gir-repository

Install gir-repository by running the following commands: 

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgirepo-DBus-custom.{so,a}, libgirepo-Gdk-custom.{so,a}, and libgirepo-Gtk-custom.{so,a}
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/girepository-1.0 and /usr/share/gir-1.0

Short Descriptions

libgirepo-DBus-custom.{so,a}

contains the gir-repository D-Bus API functions.

libgirepo-Gdk-custom.{so,a}

contains the gir-repository GDK API functions.

libgirepo-Gtk-custom.{so,a}

contains the gir-repository GTK API functions.

Last updated on 2009-11-14 05:57:22 +0000