Gjs is a set of Javascript bindings for GNOME.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gjs/1.74/gjs-1.74.2.tar.xz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gjs/1.74/gjs-1.74.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 91ba17aa00a661be5648f6f91c04ae37
Download size: 624 KB
Estimated disk space required: 240 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.6 SBU (with tests)
Cairo-1.17.6, dbus-1.14.6, gobject-introspection-1.76.0, and JS-102.9.0
sysprof-3.46.0, Valgrind-3.20.0 (for tests), DTrace, LCOV, and Systemtap
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gjs
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. The GTK and Cairo tests will fail if not running in an Xorg session. Four tests are known to timeout.
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.
-Dprofiler=disabled: prevents building
the profiler backend even if sysprof-3.46.0
is installed.