Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-17

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

Folks-0.8.0

Introduction to Folks

Folks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (eg, Telepathy connection managers and eventually Evolution Data Server, Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.2 platform.

Package Information

Folks Dependencies

Required

gobject-introspection-1.34.2, Intltool-0.50.2, libgee-0.6.7, libzeitgeist-0.3.18 and telepathy-glib-0.20.2

Recommended

evolution-data-server-3.6.4 and Vala-0.18.1

Optional

libsocialweb, Tracker and valadoc (Required for generating the documentation)

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

Installation of Folks

Install Folks by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-vala: This switch enables building of the Vala bindings. Remove if you don't have Vala-0.18.1 installed.

--enable-tracker-backend: This switch enables building of the the Tracker backend.

--enable-docs: This switch enables documentation generation.

Contents

Installed Programs: folks-import and folks-inspect
Installed Libraries: libfolks-eds.so, libfolks-libsocialweb.so, libfolks.so, libfolks-telepathy.so and libfolks-tracker.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/folks and /usr/lib/folks

Short Descriptions

folks-import

is used to import meta-contact information to libfolks.

folks-inspect

is used to inspect meta-contact information in libfolks.

libfolks-eds.so

contains Evolution specific implementations of the libfolks classes.

libfolks-libsocialweb.so

contains libsocialweb specific implementations of the libfolks classes.

libfolks.so

contains the Folks API functions.

libfolks-telepathy.so

contains Telepathy specific implementations of the libfolks classes.

libfolks-tracker.so

contains Tracker specific implementations of the libfolks classes.

Last updated on 2013-02-11 18:51:17 +0000