Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.3-891

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.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

GNOME Bluetooth Dependencies

Required

GTK-4.18.6, gsound-1.0.3, libnotify-0.8.6, and UPower-1.90.9

Recommended

GLib-2.84.3 (with GObject Introspection) and libadwaita-1.7.4

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.34.0 and dbusmock-0.35.0

Runtime Dependencies

BlueZ-5.83

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