Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 13.0

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-bluetooth-47.1

Introduction to GNOME Bluetooth

The GNOME Bluetooth package contains tools for managing and manipulating Bluetooth devices using the GNOME Desktop.

[Note]

Note

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 13.0 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

GNOME Bluetooth Dependencies

Required

gsound-1.0.3, GTK-4.20.3, libnotify-0.8.8, and UPower-1.91.1

Recommended

GLib-2.86.4 (with GObject Introspection) and libadwaita-1.8.4

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.35.1 and dbusmock-0.38.1

Runtime Dependencies

BlueZ-5.86

Installation of GNOME Bluetooth

First, fix a build failure that happens with pygobject-3.52.0 and later: 

patch -Np1 -i ../gnome-bluetooth-47.1-build_fix-1.patch

Install GNOME Bluetooth by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Programs: bluetooth-sendto
Installed Libraries: libgnome-bluetooth-3.0.so and libgnome-bluetooth-ui-3.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gnome-bluetooth-3.0 and /usr/share/gnome-bluetooth-3.0

Short Descriptions

bluetooth-sendto

is a GTK+ application for transferring files over Bluetooth

libgnome-bluetooth-3.0.so

contains the GNOME Bluetooth API functions