Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 8. General Libraries

gir-repository-0.6.5

Introduction to gir-repository

The gir-repository is a repository of GIR interface description files.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-6.7 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

gir-repository Dependencies

Required

gobject-introspection-1.30.0

Optional

D-Bus GLib Bindings-0.98, libsoup-2.30.2, clutter-1.2.10, atk-2.2.0, avahi-0.6.25, babl-0.1.6, clutter-cairo, clutter-gtk-0.10.4, GConf-2.28.1, gnome-menus-2.30.2, gnio, gnome-keyring-2.30.3, goocanvas, gssdp, GStreamer-0.10.25, GStreamer Base Plug-ins-0.10.25, gtk+-2.24.8, gtksourceview-2.10.4, gupnp, Nautilus-2.30.1, libnotify-0.4.5, Pango-1.29.4, Poppler-0.14.4, libunique-1.1.6, VTE-0.24.2, WebKitGTK+-1.6.1, and libwnck-2.30.2

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gir-repository

Installation of gir-repository

Install gir-repository by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../gir-repository-0.6.5-dbus-glib-2.patch &&
sed -i 's#abl-0\.0#abl-0.1#' gir/Makefile.in &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

sed -i 's#abl-0\.0#abl-0.1#' gir/Makefile.in: The version of babl is hardcoded several times as Babl-0.0 and babl-0.0. When the 0.1 series of babl is present, that causes the build to fail.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgirepo-DBus-custom.{so,a}, libgirepo-Gdk-custom.{so,a}, and libgirepo-Gtk-custom.{so,a}
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/girepository-1.0 and /usr/share/gir-1.0

Short Descriptions

libgirepo-DBus-custom.{so,a}

contains the gir-repository D-Bus API functions.

libgirepo-Gdk-custom.{so,a}

contains the gir-repository GDK API functions.

libgirepo-Gtk-custom.{so,a}

contains the gir-repository GTK API functions.

Last updated on 2010-10-10 23:08:20 +0000