Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r11.3-1128

Chapter 39. LXQt Desktop

solid-5.106.0 for lxqt

Introduction to solid

Solid is a device integration framework. It provides a way of querying and interacting with hardware independently of the underlying operating system.

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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.

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This package is extracted from the KF5 set of packages. If KDE Frameworks-5.106.0 is built, do NOT also build this package as presented here.

Package Information

solid Dependencies

Required

extra-cmake-modules-5.106.0 and (Qt-5.15.10 or qt-alternate-5.15.10)

Optional (runtime)

UDisks-2.10.0, UPower-1.90.2, and media-player-info

Installation of solid

Install solid by running the following commands: 

mkdir -v build &&
cd       build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF         \
      -Wno-dev ..                 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Finally, remove some unneeded files as the root user: 

rm -rf /usr/mkspecs

Contents

Installed Programs: solid-hardware5
Installed Library: libKF5Solid.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/KF5/Solid, /usr/lib/cmake/KF5Solid, and /usr/lib/qml/org/kde/solid

Short Descriptions

solid-hardware5

queries hardware information from the system

libKF5Solid.so

provides a way of querying and interacting with hardware independently of the underlying operating system