Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.3-1047

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

libgweather-4.4.4

Introduction to libgweather

The libgweather package is a library used to access weather information from online services for numerous locations.

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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

libgweather Dependencies

Required

geocode-glib-3.26.4, GTK-3.24.49, libsoup-3.6.5, and PyGObject-3.52.3

Recommended

GLib-2.84.3 (with GObject Introspection), libxml2-2.14.5, and Vala-0.56.18

Optional

Gi-DocGen-2025.4 (gi-docgen is also provided as a meson subproject, which will be used if -D gtk_doc=false is not passed to meson), LLVM-20.1.7 (for clang-format), and pylint

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Note

An Internet connection is needed for some tests of this package. The system certificate store may need to be set up with make-ca-1.16.1 before testing this package.

Installation of libgweather

Fix an issue in the shipped geolocation data: 

patch -Np1 -i ../libgweather-4.4.4-upstream_fix-1.patch

Install libgweather by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -D gtk_doc=false    \
            ..                  &&
ninja

If you have Gi-DocGen-2025.4 installed and wish to build the API documentation for this package, issue: 

sed "s/libgweather_full_version/'libgweather-4.4.4'/" \
    -i ../doc/meson.build                             &&
meson configure -D gtk_doc=true                       &&
ninja

One test needs that the locale files be installed on the system, so it is better to run the tests after installing the package.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

To test the results, issue: LC_ALL=C ninja test.

Command Explanations

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

-D gtk_doc=false: Allow building this package without Gi-DocGen-2025.4 installed. If you have Gi-DocGen-2025.4 installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation, a meson configure command will reset this option.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgweather-4.so
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/libgweather-4, /usr/include/libgweather-4.0, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgweather-4.0 (optional), and /usr/share/libgweather-4

Short Descriptions

libgweather-4.so

contains functions that allow for the retrieval of weather information