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

Chapter 30. GNOME Core Packages

libgweather-3.6.2

Introduction to libgweather

The libgweather package is a library used to access weather information from online services for numerous locations.

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

Package Information

libgweather Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.6.4 and libsoup-2.40.3

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.34.2

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.18

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

Installation of libgweather

Install libgweather by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-locations-compression &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-locations-compression: This switch enables compression of Locations.xml files.

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

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libgweather-3.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libgweather-3.0, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgweather-3.0 and /usr/share/libgweather

Short Descriptions

libgweather-3.so

contains functions that allow the retrieval of weather information.

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