GeoClue is a modular geoinformation service built on top of the D-Bus messaging system. The goal of the GeoClue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible.
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Download (HTTP): https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/archive/2.7.0/geoclue-2.7.0.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 8226cc9d4b2750b6ebdfd59e7815bf2a
Download size: 104 KB
Estimated disk space required: 6.8 MB
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU
JSON-GLib-1.6.6 and libsoup-3.2.2
ModemManager-1.18.12, Vala-0.56.4, and Avahi-0.8
GTK-Doc-1.33.2 and libnotify-0.8.2
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/geoclue2
Install GeoClue by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Dgtk-doc=false \
.. &&
ninja
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D3g-source=false: This switch disables
the 3G backend. Use it if you have not installed the ModemManager package.
-Dmodem-gps-source=false: This switch
disables the modem GPS backend. Use it if you have not installed
the ModemManager package.
-Dcdma-source=false: This switch
disables the CDMA source backend. Use it if you have not installed
the ModemManager package.
-Dnmea-source=false: This switch
disables the NMEA source. Use it if you have not installed the
Avahi package.
-Ddemo-agent=false: This switch
disables the demo. Use it if you have not installed the
libnotify package.