Gjs is a set of Javascript bindings for GNOME.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gjs/1.80/gjs-1.80.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: ae896ab9a1c5589b86fde94a45a2fcd9
Download size: 648 KB
Estimated disk space required: 253 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (with tests; with parallelism=4)
Cairo-1.18.2, dbus-1.14.10, GLib-2.82.0 (with GObject Introspection), and SpiderMonkey from Firefox-115.14.0
Valgrind-3.23.0 (for tests), DTrace, LCOV, sysprof, and Systemtap
Install Gjs by running the following commands:
mkdir gjs-build &&
cd gjs-build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
--wrap-mode=nofallback \
.. &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test in a graphical session.
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.
--wrap-mode=nofallback:
This switch prevents meson from using subproject
fallbacks for any dependency declarations in the build files,
stopping it downloading any optional dependency which is not
installed on the system.
-D profiler=disabled: prevents building
the profiler backend even if sysprof is installed.