Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-24

Chapter 25. X Libraries

gtk-vnc-0.5.2

Introduction to Gtk VNC

The Gtk VNC package contains a VNC viewer widget for GTK+. It is built using coroutines allowing it to be completely asynchronous while remaining single threaded.

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

Package Information

Gtk VNC Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.6.4, GnuTLS-3.2.0 and Intltool-0.50.2

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.34.2 and Vala-0.18.1

Optional

Cyrus SASL-2.1.26, NSPR-4.9.6, PulseAudio-3.0 and Xulrunner-21.0

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gtk-vnc

Installation of Gtk VNC

Install Gtk VNC by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-gtk=3.0 \
            --enable-vala \
            --without-sasl &&
make

This package does not come with a testsuite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--with-gtk=3.0: This switch enables building of the GTK+ 3 library instead of the GTK+ 2 one.

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

--without-sasl: This switch disables the use of Cyrus SASL for authentication. Remove it if you have installed Cyrus SASL and wish to enable it for authentication.

--enable-plugin: This switch enables building of the browser plugin.

Contents

Installed Program: gvnccapture
Installed Libraries: libgtk-vnc-2.0.so, libgvnc-1.0.so and libgvncpulse-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gtk-vnc-2.0, /usr/include/gvnc-1.0 and /usr/include/gvncpulse-1.0

Short Descriptions

gvnccapture

is used to capture image from VNC server.

libgtk-vnc-2.0.so

contains the GTK+ 3 bindings for Gtk VNC.

libgvnc-1.0.so

contains the GObject bindings for Gtk VNC.

libgvncpulse-1.0.so

is the PulseAudio bridge for Gtk VNC.

Last updated on 2013-03-03 14:53:30 +0000